Happy International Women’s Day!

Sorted under international on March 8, 2008

International Women's Day It’s International Women’s Day!

“International Women’s Day has been observed since in the early 1900’s, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.”

For history on International Women’s Day, click here and for web casts, news, events and logos up for download, go to the official International Women’s Day website.

International Women’s Day, to me, means a great deal. The jobs of women across the world are far from done. While women have seen great success in the last 100 years or so, they have fought tooth and nail for every bit of that success and we are still seeing administrations who are threatening to revoke our rights not only here, but in other countries as well and the women of Afghanistan, in particular, are not seeing the changes that were promised to them, making Afghanistan one of the most dangerous places in the entire world to be female.

When speaking about International Women’s Day with a friend of mine, filmmaker Dany Nieves, who for the record is a man, had this to say:

“I am a man but I also understand the dynamics of society. Men do have the supposed power and use it for evil. After thousands of years of civilization and male dominance, great turmoil still exists. The basic question to be asked is “Is rule by men good for society?” It isn’t. We are born to a maternal world and it should be that way. Women can make good choices and keep society in check. Of course, men should also be more involved with issues they don’t want to deal with, like women’s issues.”

Women have a great deal to contribute to the world and in some countries, women are being applauded and urged to go forward with their work for equality and for women everywhere, even for the women who live in parts of the world where their voices cannot be heard and who are treated not as second-class citizens, but as third and fourth class. International Women’s Day is for all women, everywhere–It is one day where we must really reflect on our history and the history of women and applaud those who have been activists and who have fought in the present as well as in the past for the liberties and freedom that we have as well as raise awareness for those who do not.



You May Also Enjoy:

  • Women plays an important role in the society! I feel so sad every time I hear those women who are abused, I do hope that this kind of violence will lessen.
  • Ann
    Love the domain name! This post was awesome, and really interesting to read. Happy Interdationary Women's Day! :)
  • Kaz
    What an interesting post. I agree with you so much especially about how much women have been fighting tooth and nail and how much we can contribute to the world. I am going to visit that site and have more of a read about this. Happy International Women’s Day to you as well!
blog comments powered by Disqus