#InternationalWomensDay - 2013 - End Violence Against Women

Ohhhh I love International Women's Day. I'm a Women's Studies major and a part of Vox: Voices for Planned Parenthood up on campus. Every year my university has a ton of events. We're doing a lot for the day. I am tabling in our student union for the day.

PLUS! March 8th is my birthday I always say I was just destined to become a WSt major and a feminist.

As far as the bonus question, that's a tough one. It would be ideal for EVERYONE, not just men and women, to have the exact same rights and benefits. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening any time soon with contemporary society. All we can do is be proud of how far we've come and continue to push forward for equality for all human beings. less

Now if only you had a handful of EF flyers to tuck into pamphlets...

That's fantastic (your major)! Are you holding any self-defense seminars and those kinds or things or is it more of a "this is where you can find the information" kind of thing? less

Friday, March 8th is International Women's Day. This holiday originated in 1909 and led to many key events in our world's history; in 1965 the then-USSR adopted March 8th as an official non-working holiday. It gained momentum in the West around 1977.

How familiar are you when it comes to this holiday? For instance, did you know the inception of this holiday has a role in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of the ill-fated Romanov dynasty? Or perhaps you're aware the U.N. issues official themes for each year?



In 1996, the official theme was: "Celebrating the Past, Planning the Future and in 1999 the focus was ending violence against women; which is also the theme for this year. In 2017, the theme will focus on a global womens strike. Bad news for the men in our lives, 2017 will also feature a sex strike.

This holiday serves to remind us that women are still not on equal footing with men in the work place and various other arenas in life but it's a fight we are not going to abandon any time soon.

Is there a woman in your life (perhaps yourself) who consistently challenges the patriarchy to gain even-ground for women in society?

Are you doing anything to promote International Womens Day, whether it's at work or school or through a pro-feminist organization? If so, share the details!

Bonus Question: Do you think men and women will ever have the exact same rights and benefits, or will there always be an air of "equal, but different"? If you believe the latter, is it akin to settling and giving up or do you think that men and women are different enough to receive different rights and privileges?
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This week it's more of an information thing. We are planing on making a "sexual health" gift basket to raffle off here soon and I am planning on tucking some of my EF affiliate flyers into it

We are holding "Safety Week" after spring break and I'm doing a presentation on "sexual health" day. There's also a whole day or two on self defense and domestic violence prevention. less

This week it's more of an information thing. We are planing on making a "sexual health" gift basket to raffle off here soon and I am planning on tucking some of my EF affiliate flyers into it

We are holding "Safety Week" after spring break and I'm doing a presentation on "sexual health" day. There's also a whole day or two on self defense and domestic violence prevention. less

Wow... I had no idea the holiday existed until I read this post.

For as long as there are categories of "men" and "women," both the fact that only those categories are addressed and the fact that gender be categorized at all (although I think the latter takes quite a bit of privilege to say), there will always be inequalities. However, I think it is debatable/uncertain whether these inequalities will necessarily be in the form of rights, with "rights" being a debatable term in general. Possibly privileges, as well.

I think it in itself is "separate but 'equal.'" Equal being debatable, as I don't think there is equality at the moment, but I'm imagining it becoming "equal" but with just "separate" categories in some imagined world less

Friday, March 8th is International Women's Day. This holiday originated in 1909 and led to many key events in our world's history; in 1965 the then-USSR adopted March 8th as an official non-working holiday. It gained momentum in the West around 1977.

How familiar are you when it comes to this holiday? For instance, did you know the inception of this holiday has a role in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of the ill-fated Romanov dynasty? Or perhaps you're aware the U.N. issues official themes for each year?



In 1996, the official theme was: "Celebrating the Past, Planning the Future and in 1999 the focus was ending violence against women; which is also the theme for this year. In 2017, the theme will focus on a global womens strike. Bad news for the men in our lives, 2017 will also feature a sex strike.

This holiday serves to remind us that women are still not on equal footing with men in the work place and various other arenas in life but it's a fight we are not going to abandon any time soon.

Is there a woman in your life (perhaps yourself) who consistently challenges the patriarchy to gain even-ground for women in society?

Are you doing anything to promote International Womens Day, whether it's at work or school or through a pro-feminist organization? If so, share the details!

Bonus Question: Do you think men and women will ever have the exact same rights and benefits, or will there always be an air of "equal, but different"? If you believe the latter, is it akin to settling and giving up or do you think that men and women are different enough to receive different rights and privileges?
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Friday, March 8th is International Women's Day. This holiday originated in 1909 and led to many key events in our world's history; in 1965 the then-USSR adopted March 8th as an official non-working holiday. It gained momentum in the West around 1977.

How familiar are you when it comes to this holiday? For instance, did you know the inception of this holiday has a role in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of the ill-fated Romanov dynasty? Or perhaps you're aware the U.N. issues official themes for each year?



In 1996, the official theme was: "Celebrating the Past, Planning the Future and in 1999 the focus was ending violence against women; which is also the theme for this year. In 2017, the theme will focus on a global womens strike. Bad news for the men in our lives, 2017 will also feature a sex strike.

This holiday serves to remind us that women are still not on equal footing with men in the work place and various other arenas in life but it's a fight we are not going to abandon any time soon.

Is there a woman in your life (perhaps yourself) who consistently challenges the patriarchy to gain even-ground for women in society?

Are you doing anything to promote International Womens Day, whether it's at work or school or through a pro-feminist organization? If so, share the details!

Bonus Question: Do you think men and women will ever have the exact same rights and benefits, or will there always be an air of "equal, but different"? If you believe the latter, is it akin to settling and giving up or do you think that men and women are different enough to receive different rights and privileges?
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Friday, March 8th is International Women's Day. This holiday originated in 1909 and led to many key events in our world's history; in 1965 the then-USSR adopted March 8th as an official non-working holiday. It gained momentum in the West around 1977.

How familiar are you when it comes to this holiday? For instance, did you know the inception of this holiday has a role in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of the ill-fated Romanov dynasty? Or perhaps you're aware the U.N. issues official themes for each year?



In 1996, the official theme was: "Celebrating the Past, Planning the Future and in 1999 the focus was ending violence against women; which is also the theme for this year. In 2017, the theme will focus on a global womens strike. Bad news for the men in our lives, 2017 will also feature a sex strike.

This holiday serves to remind us that women are still not on equal footing with men in the work place and various other arenas in life but it's a fight we are not going to abandon any time soon.

Is there a woman in your life (perhaps yourself) who consistently challenges the patriarchy to gain even-ground for women in society?

Are you doing anything to promote International Womens Day, whether it's at work or school or through a pro-feminist organization? If so, share the details!

Bonus Question: Do you think men and women will ever have the exact same rights and benefits, or will there always be an air of "equal, but different"? If you believe the latter, is it akin to settling and giving up or do you think that men and women are different enough to receive different rights and privileges?
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Friday, March 8th is International Women's Day. This holiday originated in 1909 and led to many key events in our world's history; in 1965 the then-USSR adopted March 8th as an official non-working holiday. It gained momentum in the West around 1977.

How familiar are you when it comes to this holiday? For instance, did you know the inception of this holiday has a role in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of the ill-fated Romanov dynasty? Or perhaps you're aware the U.N. issues official themes for each year?



In 1996, the official theme was: "Celebrating the Past, Planning the Future and in 1999 the focus was ending violence against women; which is also the theme for this year. In 2017, the theme will focus on a global womens strike. Bad news for the men in our lives, 2017 will also feature a sex strike.

This holiday serves to remind us that women are still not on equal footing with men in the work place and various other arenas in life but it's a fight we are not going to abandon any time soon.

Is there a woman in your life (perhaps yourself) who consistently challenges the patriarchy to gain even-ground for women in society?

Are you doing anything to promote International Womens Day, whether it's at work or school or through a pro-feminist organization? If so, share the details!

Bonus Question: Do you think men and women will ever have the exact same rights and benefits, or will there always be an air of "equal, but different"? If you believe the latter, is it akin to settling and giving up or do you think that men and women are different enough to receive different rights and privileges?
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Friday, March 8th is International Women's Day. This holiday originated in 1909 and led to many key events in our world's history; in 1965 the then-USSR adopted March 8th as an official non-working holiday. It gained momentum in the West around 1977.

How familiar are you when it comes to this holiday? For instance, did you know the inception of this holiday has a role in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of the ill-fated Romanov dynasty? Or perhaps you're aware the U.N. issues official themes for each year?



In 1996, the official theme was: "Celebrating the Past, Planning the Future and in 1999 the focus was ending violence against women; which is also the theme for this year. In 2017, the theme will focus on a global womens strike. Bad news for the men in our lives, 2017 will also feature a sex strike.

This holiday serves to remind us that women are still not on equal footing with men in the work place and various other arenas in life but it's a fight we are not going to abandon any time soon.

Is there a woman in your life (perhaps yourself) who consistently challenges the patriarchy to gain even-ground for women in society?

Are you doing anything to promote International Womens Day, whether it's at work or school or through a pro-feminist organization? If so, share the details!

Bonus Question: Do you think men and women will ever have the exact same rights and benefits, or will there always be an air of "equal, but different"? If you believe the latter, is it akin to settling and giving up or do you think that men and women are different enough to receive different rights and privileges?
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Friday, March 8th is International Women's Day. This holiday originated in 1909 and led to many key events in our world's history; in 1965 the then-USSR adopted March 8th as an official non-working holiday. It gained momentum in the West around 1977.

How familiar are you when it comes to this holiday? For instance, did you know the inception of this holiday has a role in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of the ill-fated Romanov dynasty? Or perhaps you're aware the U.N. issues official themes for each year?



In 1996, the official theme was: "Celebrating the Past, Planning the Future and in 1999 the focus was ending violence against women; which is also the theme for this year. In 2017, the theme will focus on a global womens strike. Bad news for the men in our lives, 2017 will also feature a sex strike.

This holiday serves to remind us that women are still not on equal footing with men in the work place and various other arenas in life but it's a fight we are not going to abandon any time soon.

Is there a woman in your life (perhaps yourself) who consistently challenges the patriarchy to gain even-ground for women in society?

Are you doing anything to promote International Womens Day, whether it's at work or school or through a pro-feminist organization? If so, share the details!

Bonus Question: Do you think men and women will ever have the exact same rights and benefits, or will there always be an air of "equal, but different"? If you believe the latter, is it akin to settling and giving up or do you think that men and women are different enough to receive different rights and privileges?
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Friday, March 8th is International Women's Day. This holiday originated in 1909 and led to many key events in our world's history; in 1965 the then-USSR adopted March 8th as an official non-working holiday. It gained momentum in the West around 1977.

How familiar are you when it comes to this holiday? For instance, did you know the inception of this holiday has a role in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of the ill-fated Romanov dynasty? Or perhaps you're aware the U.N. issues official themes for each year?



In 1996, the official theme was: "Celebrating the Past, Planning the Future and in 1999 the focus was ending violence against women; which is also the theme for this year. In 2017, the theme will focus on a global womens strike. Bad news for the men in our lives, 2017 will also feature a sex strike.

This holiday serves to remind us that women are still not on equal footing with men in the work place and various other arenas in life but it's a fight we are not going to abandon any time soon.

Is there a woman in your life (perhaps yourself) who consistently challenges the patriarchy to gain even-ground for women in society?

Are you doing anything to promote International Womens Day, whether it's at work or school or through a pro-feminist organization? If so, share the details!

Bonus Question: Do you think men and women will ever have the exact same rights and benefits, or will there always be an air of "equal, but different"? If you believe the latter, is it akin to settling and giving up or do you think that men and women are different enough to receive different rights and privileges?
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Friday, March 8th is International Women's Day. This holiday originated in 1909 and led to many key events in our world's history; in 1965 the then-USSR adopted March 8th as an official non-working holiday. It gained momentum in the West around 1977.

How familiar are you when it comes to this holiday? For instance, did you know the inception of this holiday has a role in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of the ill-fated Romanov dynasty? Or perhaps you're aware the U.N. issues official themes for each year?



In 1996, the official theme was: "Celebrating the Past, Planning the Future and in 1999 the focus was ending violence against women; which is also the theme for this year. In 2017, the theme will focus on a global womens strike. Bad news for the men in our lives, 2017 will also feature a sex strike.

This holiday serves to remind us that women are still not on equal footing with men in the work place and various other arenas in life but it's a fight we are not going to abandon any time soon.

Is there a woman in your life (perhaps yourself) who consistently challenges the patriarchy to gain even-ground for women in society?

Are you doing anything to promote International Womens Day, whether it's at work or school or through a pro-feminist organization? If so, share the details!

Bonus Question: Do you think men and women will ever have the exact same rights and benefits, or will there always be an air of "equal, but different"? If you believe the latter, is it akin to settling and giving up or do you think that men and women are different enough to receive different rights and privileges?
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