International Woman's Day

[boris1gary]

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.

[**meep**]

I will try to remember to start a Happy IMD thread

[rabbitearbandicoot]

by the way ..... she's home from hospital ... been home 2 weeks ... meant to let those interested know .....

[**meep**]

Rabbit

I didn't know she was in hospital    How is she?

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@**meep** wrote:

Rabbit

I didn't know she was in hospital    How is she?

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she was in best part of 6 months this time ...... what with rehab and so on. She's fine now - tears strips off me all day every day, so I know she's OK.

I just told her it's International Women's Day - she said '"so what?"

[**meep**]

LOL God bless her.

[mourn*er*12]

Every day is woman's day, for the misguided men who marry you!!!

[boris1gary]

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@mourn*er*12 wrote:

Every day is woman's day, for the misguided men who marry you!!!

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mourn, what a lovely thing to post,  hope that includes my special men friends as well as all of my husbands.

[izabsmiling]

LOL Boris, if you have several I hope that you are fortunate not to have married any  men with NPD .You can please them no matter how hard you try 

[nevynreally]

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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.

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

[izabsmiling]

A global hub for sharing International Women's Day 

ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2014

2000 and beyond

IWD is now an official holiday in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (for women only), Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women only), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal (for women only), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zambia. The tradition sees men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc with flowers and small gifts. In some countries

IWD has the equivalent status of Mother's Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers.

The new millennium has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women's and society's thoughts about women's equality and emancipation. Many from a younger generation feel that 'all the battles have been won for women' while many feminists from the 1970's know only too well the longevity and ingrained complexity of patriarchy. With more women in the boardroom, greater equality in legislative rights, and an increased critical mass of women's visibility as impressive role models in every aspect of life, one could think that women have gained true equality. The unfortunate fact is that women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women's education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men.

However, great improvements have been made. We do have female astronauts and prime ministers, school girls are welcomed into university, women can work and have a family, women have real choices. And so the tone and nature of IWD has, for the past few years, moved from being a reminder about the negatives to a celebration of the positives.

Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements. A global web of rich and diverse local activity connects women from all around the world ranging from political rallies, business conferences, government activities and networking events through to local women's craft markets, theatric performances, fashion parades and more.

Many global corporations have also started to more actively support IWD by running their own internal events and through supporting external ones. For example, on 8 March search engine and media giant Google some years even changes its logo on its global search pages. Year on year IWD is certainly increasing in status. The United States even designates the whole month of March as 'Women's History Month'.

So make a difference, think globally and act locally !! Make everyday International Women's Day. Do your bit to ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding.

http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp#.UxrrhvmSyaw