Thursday, March 08, 2007

International Women's Day


We don't pay much attention to March 8th in the US, but around the world, International Women's Day is noticed. I regularly get email from my colleagues around the world wishing me the best on this day, and many of the international publications I monitor use the day to raise issues about the state of women. Human Rights Watch headlines the violence girls are facing around the world. My friends at the Gender and Diversity program of the CGIAR look to helping women scientists find their place in international agricultural research.

In the blogosphere, the Blogher community gives voice to women 365 days of the year. The blogs of women I read are living International Women's Day year round.

Here, the Ignite-Us program encourages young women to consider science and technology careers through the telling of life stories of women in those fields to high school classes.

We each have a voice to act on the things we believe in. Today, I add my voice to International Women's Day. There is still too much violence, control and inequality that face my sisters around the world.

2 Comments:

Blogger Frances Bell said...

Thanks for marking this day Nancy. I was at an International Women's Day lunch today at University of Salford where I work, where a trades unionist told us of the appalling experience of two Zimbabwean women, see this piece http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2005_43_fri_02.shtml
BBC also marked this day with several stories e.g.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/6429981.stm

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Anonymous Lindsay said...

The International Museum of Women also launched their new online exhibit for Imagining Ourselves, entitled Motherhood. The Imagining Ourselves exhibit, a global, multilingual online exhibit featuring art, photographs, essays and film by young women in their twenties and thirties. For the past ten months, we have been featuring essays and artwork of young women around the world in an effort to answer the question, “What defines your generation?” and to inspire people to take action on the vital social issues raised through this platform. From March to May 2007, the focus of the exhibit will be on Motherhood and the challenges that this generation faces. We want to reach out to young women to amplify their voices, talk about issues they face and focus on the issue from different perspectives-- but really looking at personal stories. We would like to explore their views on maternal health, pregnancy, parenting, single motherhood, adoption, relationships, work and family and much more. It's a great forum to ignite discussion about women's lives and issues.

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