100th Woman's Day

[airiefairie.livejournal.com]

Today is the 100th anniversary since the first time the International Woman's Day was observed (it was called International Working Woman's Day back in 1911). It will be observed in many countries around the world through various events.

Women have walked a long road since then, and have achieved a lot. Today in most democratic societies women participate in all aspects of social life alongside men. They are an integral part of politics too. In other places, there is still a lot to be desired. We shouldn't forget the issues of women's rights, which are essentially human rights. And today is a good opportunity to raise more awareness and remind about them.

I am sorry if this post won't offer you anything new but I guess we need some of these on such occasions. I just wanted to say to all women, happy Woman's Day! And here is hoping that in 100 years, humankind would be able to look back and say it has achieved twice and more as much on gender equality as it has until now.

Comments

[blue-mangos.livejournal.com]

Happy Woman's Day to you too bb! And let's hope this post doesn't bring any fail.

[notmrgarrison.livejournal.com]

Due to the fact that in some countries husbands can disfigure their wives faces is they think they're cheating on them, I'd say more than twice as much needs to be achieved.

[pastorlenny.livejournal.com]

And we would hope in less than 100 years.

[agk-ru.livejournal.com]

I did not know it was the 100th anniversary of the Woman's day. Thanx for reminding.

Happy Woman's day! Dear women, please do not forget that we do love you, whatever crude animals we may look sometimes.

[airiefairie.livejournal.com]

We know! We cannot live without each other no matter what we sometimes say to each other.

[mijopo.livejournal.com]

In case anyone's missed it, the youtube video that's making the rounds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkp4t5NYzVM&feature=player_embedded

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

OK I'm totally stealing this.

[nairiporter.livejournal.com]

There is still a lot of work to do. But happy woman's day!

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

*must resist trollish urges*

[airiefairie.livejournal.com]

Please, at least this time.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Women's Day is still huge here. Somehow we avoided associating it with communism (as happened with many other things), and the holiday is universally respected and observed. Men give flowers to women, women offer small treats in return. People attest their respect for each other.

Nearly 3/4 of the people who work at my workplace are women. I took some time to choose some flowers for each in the morning, and it was a great pleasure to see how they appreciated the gesture.

But women shouldn't be respected just on this day, the way people shouldn't show compassion and be charitable only on Christmas day. March 8th is a fine reminder, sure, but let's not forget that the year has 365 or 366 days and we should respect women on every single one of them.

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

I think black history month in the U.S. is worse. Separating out "black" history as some isolated thing that only gets one month a year is sort of weird.

For women's day, I think it's more commemorative of the movement as opposed to one day a year we're supposed to actually treat women as equals. Because that would be weird.

weird.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

I'm mostly talking about the fact that some of us often forget appreciation and respect is not something you invest into for a single shot, but has to be a way of approaching things every single minute while you breathe. Sorry, I'm being too poetical today.

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

You've been drinking haven't you?!

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Grass is green, sky is blue...

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

Ironic you should say that, given that March is Women's History month in these United States. :-).

[agk-ru.livejournal.com]

The same thing in Russia. It used to be very popular in the USSR, it is very popular now. They have even made it a national holyday - nobody works! Ain't that nice!

I agree with your somewhat didactic third paragraph.

[fizzyland.livejournal.com]

And a happy one to you.

It makes me sad that we're having to fight that battle over women's rights today in America but I think it's the last vestiges of a very old way of thinking so I remain hopeful for the long term.

[meus-ovatio.livejournal.com]

100 Woman Days? This means there are 120 Man Days, right?

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

Absolutely Fabulous.

"Women who desire equality with men lack ambition" - Timothy Leary.

[dreadfulpenny81.livejournal.com]

Saw this today: http://www.themarysue.com/mary-poppins-suffragettes/

In the original Mary Poppins books, Mrs. Banks was simply a “struggling mistress” of the household, “easily intimidated” and treated with contempt by the books’ namesake, presumably for her need to even have a nanny. In the 1960′s Disney movie, she was updated to a loving mother who nevertheless cannot care for her children alone because she is frequently carried away by waves of excitement for the fledgling suffragette movement.

Video in link

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

Nine years and women will have had the vote 100 years in the United States. I find there to be a lot of amusement in that they were expected to give the Wilson-types a virtual lock where major elections were concerned but for the first generation at least they were uniformly right-wing voters.....