International Woman's Day

http://www.wftucentral.org/?p=7323&language=en

 

On the occasion of the International Working Women’s Day, the Secretariat of the WFTU salutes the working women and expresses its solidarity to their everyday struggles for the improvement of their living and working conditions.

 

The class-oriented trade union movement internationally, the affiliates and friends of the WFTU have been engaged in national efforts to strengthen the working women’s movement. More women’s committees have been established within the structures of the trade unions in the spirit of the resolutions of the 16th World Trade Union Congress.

 

According to the Action Plan approved at the 2014 Presidential Council Session in Rome, Italy on February 14-15th, the WFTU has set forth for the 1st World Congress for Working Women to take place by the end of 2014.

 

We should join these efforts in a World Congress, discuss the difficulties faced, debate on the developments in the workers movement, form a joint platform of demands and coordinate our struggle for the strengthening of the working women’s movement internationally, to lay the ground for further breakthroughs in their rights and conquests.

 

For the class-oriented trade union movement, for the WFTU, the struggle against the dual exploitation of the working women and the anti-labor reforms that add further burden to them and for the satisfaction of the contemporary needs of the working women have always been a priority.

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@chuk_77 wrote:

@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

when is International Men's Day? 


i just asked OH the same question


14th march Smiley Wink

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Only about fifteen years ago the document to register a birth had ONLY  'Father's Occupation', no 'Mother's Occupation'.   Unbelievable.

 

 


Rubbish. I have a full birth certificate from 23 years ago that has the mother's occupation slot.


My birth certificate only has a father's occupation slot but I think my children's has a slot for the mother's occupation.

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@freakiness wrote:

@nevynreally wrote:

@polksaladallie wrote:

Only about fifteen years ago the document to register a birth had ONLY  'Father's Occupation', no 'Mother's Occupation'.   Unbelievable.

 

 


Rubbish. I have a full birth certificate from 23 years ago that has the mother's occupation slot.


My birth certificate only has a father's occupation slot but I think my children's has a slot for the mother's occupation.


Are you fifteen? Or 23?

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Oh, I also have one from 50 years ago, has a slot for mothers occupation.

 

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My 18 year old recently applied for and received another copy of his birth cert from BD&M 

There isn't an occupation listed for me but then at the time I wasn't working ? Not sure if there  was a space on the original  form and nothing shows on the Birth Certificate because I wasn't employed ? The word occupation isn't there for me but is for his Father who was employed at the time.

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@nevynreally wrote:


Rubbish. I have a full birth certificate from 23 years ago that has the mother's occupation slot.


My birth certificate only has a father's occupation slot but I think my children's has a slot for the mother's occupation.


Are you fifteen? Or 23?


No, I'm not. I just posted a comment.  

Sometime between when I was born and my children were born we have obviously progressed to include both occupations. 

There might be some variation between the states on when they changed to include a slot for the mother.

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@izabsmiling wrote:

My 18 year old recently applied for and received another copy of his birth cert from BD&M 

There isn't an occupation listed for me but then at the time I wasn't working ? Not sure if there  was a space on the original  form and nothing shows on the Birth Certificate because I wasn't employed ? The word occupation isn't there for me but is for his Father who was employed at the time.


Perhaps it's a State thing, but to state that (blanket form) that it doesn't/didn't exist is inaccurate.

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that was a Queensland birth.

I tend to think that if I was in 'paid' employment (not home duties ) at the time the Birth Cert may show the word occupation and state the occupation ?

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Don't know how QLD did things. The 50 year old one says mothers occupation "home duties"

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I'll have a look at mine and my dd's Vic ones tomorrow.Looks like it may as you say vary from State to State

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