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.

[chuk_77]

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@*pepe wrote:

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@chuk_77 wrote:

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

when is International Men's Day? 

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i just asked OH the same question

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14th march

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oh god, well I aint telling him!! 

[freakiness]

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@nevynreally wrote:

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

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That's what I expected to find on mine and I was surprised to find there is not even a space for the mother's occupation.

I'm sure my children's have a spot for mother's, on NSW certificate.

[amber-eyed-girl]

So today we honour women, and a woman's right to choose the life she wants for herself.

Which is how it should be.

I guess that the six men who did a little weird, awkwardly synchronised cat claw dance out on their balcony and had a few suggestions to make (none at all original) on my walk today, were upholding the spirit of the day, and honouring women. In the way that certain men will always do.

that is really the problem...some men, whatever they are told, however they are brought up, will behave with a complete lack of courtesy to women whenever they get the opportunity. Whether it is sexual, the workplace glass ceiling, or in the home.

these guys were in their twenties, well dressed, sober (so far), and thought it through. Their mothers will have had the benefits of education and employment if they chose, and they should have known better...will things ever really change?

thankfully, this is a few men, not all

[freakiness]

Michealia Cash interview:

Senator Cash said that even though her official title was "Minister Assisting the Prime Minister", Mr Abbott had made it "very clear" that she should "act as the Minister for Women".

So why not make her minister for women and include her in cabinet?

If she's expected to act as the minister why not pay her as the minister?

"That woman, a) does not sleep, b) she is competent, she is stylish, she is articulate. She is over every brief she has. She is highly respected," Senator Cash said of the only woman in the Abbott cabinet.

"Does she have the ability to discharge the role of Prime Minister? Absolutely."

What a bizarre set of qualities to rate when talking about her ability to become PM one day.

Does not sleep?  Yep, real good for ones health.

Stylish?  so is Megan Gale and Jennifer Hawkins. 

I'd rather a PM who cares about the country and its people.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/minister-for-women-doesnt-have-to-identify-as-...

[ajarnjenny]

Stylish?  so is Megan Gale and Jennifer Hawkins. 

Of course, stylish, or physical beauty isn't required for a male Prime Minister. They couldn't say self confident, or assertive, because that equates to **bleep**iness in a female leader.

[polksaladallie]

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@nevynreally wrote:

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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.

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Care to apologise after reading the following posts?

I was referring to the form that is filled in to register the birth.  After each birth she added Mother's Occupation underneath her husband's occupation, with a red pen.  I saw one of these forms on which she had done this.  So is it not rubbish.

[boris1gary]

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@amber-eyed-girl wrote:

So today we honour women, and a woman's right to choose the life she wants for herself.

Which is how it should be.

I guess that the six men who did a little weird, awkwardly synchronised cat claw dance out on their balcony and had a few suggestions to make (none at all original) on my walk today, were upholding the spirit of the day, and honouring women. In the way that certain men will always do.

that is really the problem...some men, whatever they are told, however they are brought up, will behave with a complete lack of courtesy to women whenever they get the opportunity. Whether it is sexual, the workplace glass ceiling, or in the home.

these guys were in their twenties, well dressed, sober (so far), and thought it through. Their mothers will have had the benefits of education and employment if they chose, and they should have known better...will things ever really change?

thankfully, this is a few men, not all

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IWD is not meant to be anti male and if it's history is looked at it's clear that over the years it has been somewhat distorted and re-shaped in Australia. My first ever public speaking was done on IWD when I was still in my teens, I was so terrified I turned a 5 minute speech into a 1 minute speed speech.  In my city it was quite popular with many people marching and celebrating the day, women and men. Things changed and those who became more active in the "women only" scene gained control of the IWD celebrations and men were banned.

Sadly since then the annual march and celebrations dwindled to not much at all. Now its been just about totally taken over by corporate interests, with things like $100 IWD breakfasts and lunches with business.

[lloydslights]

I don't even remember filling in my daughter's form and the father of the boys must have done theirs.

Polks.... it would be interesting if a full birth certificate of your grandkids has, in fact, a mention of the mother's occupation.  

In the past, Registry staff would only enter what was "in the boxes"

DEB

[polksaladallie]

I refuse to fill in the space on forms which asks whether I am married or single (I am neither), because men are never asked this.  Australia is so behind other parts of the world on this matter.

[lurker17260]

That's interesting about the birth certs (and I'm not refuting what anybody has said) I just went and looked at ours. Mine, NZ 1960, doesn't list occupations for either parent, OHs, Melbourne 1953, has space only for his fathers occupation (this one is an old school original typed one, so no chance of it just omitted because it wasn't filled in) my sons, ACT 1984-86, only their fathers occupation not mine, even though I was still employed when the first was born (on mat leave) so I would not have put home duties or anything like that. I would have written Public Servant just like it reads for the father.
I'd be interested to know what one issued today might look like.