Happy International Women's Day! Each year on March 8th, this day celebrates the social, economic, and political achievements of women around the world.
The day also brings international awareness to gender parity. According to the World Economic Forum, global gender equality is estimated to be achieved by the year 2133.
Gender equality is the equal access to the same rights and opportunities regardless of gender. These rights and opportunities include:
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• healthcare
- • education
- • employment / economic gain
- • pay
- • protection under the law
- • right to vote
- • free from violence
Striving for Change
Holding Political Office
Just over a century ago, only .2% of the United States Congress consisted of women. Actually, the 65th U.S. Congress was comprised of a single woman.
In 1916, the state of Montana elected American politician and women's rights advocate Jeannette Rankin as the first U.S. Congresswoman to hold a federal office.
Fast forward to the year 2020 and women hold 23.7% of the U.S. Congressional seats. While that might seem like progress, according to United Nations statistics, the American percentage matches exactly the worldwide average for women in political office.
Education
In many parts of the world, women are less likely to own land, a business, or attend school. Education alone is a powerful tool leading to financial independence for women. Their children reap the rewards, often for generations to come.
Additionally, but when the women of a community prosper, so does the community. Educated women and girls are more likely to educate their offspring. They also have a better understanding of healthcare and understand their rights.
Equal Pay
According to the United Nations, more than half of the world’s poorest people are women. International Women’s Day strives to bring economic power to women who aren’t allowed to work for pay or work for low wages. And despite strides in industrialized countries, there’s still work to do there as well.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Around the world, organizations, communities, and individuals organize events focused on the mission of gender parity, celebrating the achievements of women worldwide and education.
- • Attend a lecture, seminar or festival
- • Organize an event
- • Speak or perform at a local fundraiser
- • Participate in a march for women’s equal rights
- • Learn about the women who paved the way for many of the rights and freedoms we have today
- • Become involved in your local, state or national political system
- • Invite others to join you, including other women, sons, brothers, sisters, and daughters
- • Share your job skills at a local career fair
Use #InternationalWomensDay when posting on social media.
HISTORY
International Women’s Day origins can be traced back to the early 1900s when women became more politically active and took an invested and vocal role in steering their course toward voting rights, fair pay, working conditions, and representation under the law.
For more information about this day, please visit the website below.
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