International Women's Day

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Contents
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What is Womens Day
Taxing the patriarchy in US
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UN and Gender equality
Womens Day Quotes
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How it was celebrated at UN in 2019
What colors signify Womens Day?
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History of Womens Day
2019 theme for the Womens Day
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How is it celebrated now in different countries?
Conclusion
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Contents
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What is Womens Day
Taxing the patriarchy in US
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UN and Gender equality
Womens Day Quotes
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How it was celebrated at UN in 2019
What colors signify Womens Day?
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History of Womens Day
2019 theme for the Womens Day
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How is it celebrated now in different countries?
Conclusion
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What is Womens Day?
International Womens Day is celebrated every
year on 8th March.
The day belongs to every woman around the world
and celebrates the economic, political, social,
and cultural achievements of women. It is the
day that marks CTA (Call-To-Action) to accelerate
the gender parity and celebrate the essence of
being a woman.
The essence of being a woman is more than just
the beauty of her face and body. She is right
there to accomplish her goals and never settles
for anything less as she is a woman. So, ladies
embrace the journey of reaching the best version
of yourself!!!!
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Womens Day Quotes
Well behaved women rarely make history.
Always be a first-rate version of yourself
instead of a second rate version of somebody
else.
Golda Meir
Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not live someone elses life, and someone
elses idea of what woman hood is. Womanhood is
you.
A woman with a voice is by definition a strong
woman.
Viola Davis
Melinda Gates
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What Colors Signify Womens Day?
Purple has been used to symbolize dignity and
justice. Usually, purple represents ambition and
nobility, and in US, it represents the color of
honor. The militarys highest award in US is
the Purple heart. It is also the symbol of
progression.
Feminism is not about making women
stronger. Women are already strong. Its about
changing the way the world perceives that
strength.
The difference between a broken community and a
thriving one is the presence of women who are
valued.
G.D. Anderson
Michelle Obama
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History of Womens Day
On 28th February, 1909, the first Womens Day was
observed in US. The Socialist Party of America
designated the day in honor of the garment
workers strike in the New York City. The women
were protesting against the working conditions in
the factory.
After a year in 1910, a German advocate of
womens rights and the member of Social
Democratic Party, Clara Zetkin, also proposed
that a day should be set aside to celebrate the
essence of womanhood. The proposal was accepted
and put into practice. Since then, it has added
a new global dimension for the women in both
developing and developed countries alike. In the
same year at the Socialist International meeting
in Copenhagen, it was established a Womens Day
should be practiced for honoring the movement of
womens rights.
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History of Womens Day
In 1911, due to the Copenhagen initiative,
International Womens Day was marked in Denmark,
Switzerland, Austria, and Germany.
1913-1914 was a period when Womens Day became a
mechanism for protesting the first-world war.
Russian women observed the first International
Womens Day on the last Sunday in February.
1975 During International Womens Year, the
United Nations started celebrating the
International Womens Day on 8th March.
2014 By this year, it was celebrated in more than
100 countries, and was declared as an official
holiday in more than 25 countries.
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How is it celebrated now in different countries?
Every country has its
unique way of celebrating Womens Day. In Italy
the day is celebrated by giving a mimosa blossom
to the women. The day is called La Festa della
Donna. One can see almost every street corner in
Italy selling bouquets of mimosa blooms. The idea
here is that people have to honor the women by
giving them these flowers. It marks the symbol
of sensibility and female power.
In US, people buy favorite flowers for the ladies
in their life and also offer one for the lady
they come in contact on 8th March
They give attractive cards to them, and convey
the respect for whatever they have done in their
life.
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Taxing the Patriarchy in US
Almost 47 of the US workers are women.
Most of the women in US end up paying more tax
when they get married than they would have while
remaining single. Since 1948, US has a joint
policy of taxing the married couple where the
lower earner is at a disadvantageous position,
which most of the time is the wife. The Trump
tax cuts have eliminated most of the penalties,
but there are still many to be eliminated.
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UN and Gender Equality
In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly
created the UN women, which was a United Nations
Entity for the Gender Equality and the
Empowerment of the women. It was a historic step
that accelerated the goals of the organization in
empowering women.
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How it was Celebrated at UN in 2019
The day was celebrated at the headquarters of the
United Nations in the New York City, with many
activities. It was attended by women from the
fields of engineering, design, technology,
science, mathematics. The senior officials of
the organization all committed to the development
of the womens rights.
The myth that women cannot do well in the field
of science and technology was broken this year
on Womens Day in 2019.
As per another quote by C. JoyBell C.
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Powerful Speech By Meghan Markle at UN
In 2015, now the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle,
gave a powerful speech at United Nations on
International Womens Day.
The speech was about her school days, when she
was 11 years old. She was watching television
when the PG advertisement popped up stating
Women all over America are fighting greasy pots
and pans. This was a turning point, as boys
started teasing, this is where women belong to,
in the kitchen.
Meghan was hurt, and later on, she wrote letters
to the First Lady, Hillary Clinton, and to even
the manufacturer of the soap. The impact was so
powerful that she received letters of
encouragement, and the advertisement tagline was
changed to People all over America from Women
all over America.
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2019 Theme for the Womens Day
The 2019 theme for the Womens Day was think
equal, build smart, innovate for change, which
focuses on the innovative ways through which the
world can advance in the empowerment of women and
gender equality especially in the area of
sustainable infrastructure, access to the public
services, and the social protection system.
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Conclusion
Womens Day reminds of gender equality as a human
being. As per natures law, both male and female
gender have been created by God to co-exist, and
not to win any race or show supremacy over the
other. So, by giving importance to women, one can
show that they value women in their life and
respect the gender as a whole across the world.
More than 100 countries have now taken action for
tracking the budget allocations for gender
equality.
Sustainable development goals need transformative
shifts, new solutions, and integrated approaches.
These approaches can disrupt the usual business
aiming to remove the structural barriers by
ensuring no girl is left behind.
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