Do we need a Women's Day? Many feel we don't. A lot of men today feel aggrieved and angry about what they see as man-hating ‘feminazis’; some even believing that the world needs meninism to counter this sinister movement. Regardless of this, female foeticide, unequal social, educational and employment opportunities and an entrenched patriarchal system are undeniable truths today. So, to answer that first question, yes, we do still need a Women’s Day. Unfortunately, we do still need to draw attention to and try to change the paradigms of exploitation, subjugation, sidelining and violence against women.
“Today’s just one day, but actually, we think of every day as yours - and as ours together.” Sounds about right!
We may have progressed but it is still undeniable that women have been the second gender for a long time and continue to be treated as such.
14 inspiring quotes of women from all over the world form today's Google doodle. It includes a quote from Mary Kom which says simply: do not say you are weak because you're a woman.
The Day Women Took Over is an ode to women. This tweet uses the song to celebrate women and wish them a happy women's day.
This lovely quote speaks about women who adapt, find solutions and who do what they need to look after themselves and their families.
By asking for equal rights, women aren’t asking for any favours. Women expect only that they have the same access to resources and opportunities that men do.
…Just equal treatment. It isn’t about stealing men's rights but about reclaiming the rights that we always should have had.
International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate how far women have come in recent times. There is nothing to say that we cannot do this every day!
This is for each person who dismisses homemakers as just ‘housewives’: in each homemaker is a manager, economist, counselor, inventor… a person who does what she has to do to make things work.
A lot of people acknowledge that it is the mother’s effort, sacrifice and unstinting support that made it possible for them to achieve what they did… women who didn’t themselves have the opportunities that they created for their children.
It has been difficult for women to be seen as individuals in their own right and not in terms of their relationship to men – daughter, sister, wife, mother. We’ve come a long way, but we still have quite a long way to go.
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