Perspectives: International Women's Day
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On International Women's Day, let's remember 'as much as women are succeeding, they are struggling'On International Women’s Day and throughout Women’s History Month, it’s worth considering and reflecting on the triumph and tragedy of our current state of affairs. As we celebrate the many achievements of women who have broken through to lead and succeed in extraordinary ways, we should also reflect on how far we are from gender parity and commit to doing what it takes to become a more gender equal nation.
There are many successes worth celebrating this year. Top among them is the ascension of America’s first woman vice president...
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#ChooseToChallenge is the theme for International Women's Day 2021. Here's what you should know.Change comes from challenge — and that is the message organizers of International Women's Day 2021 hope to trumpet Monday.
"A challenged world is an alert world," the International Women's Day website says. "We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality."
Gender parity in government, workplaces, health care, sports and media coverage is achievable through individual change, organizers say. They hope this year’s theme for International Women's Day — #ChooseToChallenge — will inspire individuals to challenge biases, question stereotypes and celebrate the achievements...
From the Right
Women In Red: The Surprising History Of International Women's DayIn honor of International Women’s Day, allow me to quote the statement made by Vladimir Lenin, who presided over the first official March 8th celebration of this day in Russia:
“For under capitalism the female half of the human race is doubly oppressed. The working woman and the peasant woman are oppressed by capital, but over and above that—they remain in ‘household bondage,’ they continue to be ‘household slaves,’ for they are overburdened with the drudgery of the most squalid, backbreaking and stultifying toil in the kitchen and the family...
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