Women’s History Month!
It is Women’s History Month and the 8th is International Womens Day! I have been planning some special features for the site for it.
Why do we need to remember women’s history and issues?
Because many women before us struggled for many years just to have the right to vote, to be able to own property and to have many other basic rights.
And because even now in many parts of the world women still do not have the basic rights that all people are entitled to.
In India some women are still burned to death because the groom’s family didn’t think her dowry was good enough. Many women who have been raped in middle eastern and persian gulf countries are killed by their family to ‘preserve the family’s honor’. And female genital mutilation is still common in some African countries.
We represent half the population - and yet many of us still have a long ways to go before we will be treated as equals to men.
Please spend some time this month appreciating the rights you do have and thinking of ways to improve the conditions for women elsewhere. If you have a blog, the 8th is also ‘Blog Against Sexism Day’ - for more information see: Blog Against Sexism Day.
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on March 13th, 2006 at 11:53 pm
Even though now we seem to have officially all those things women have fighted for, in reality there are many areas where women are still only vaguely represented. Can you imagine that one of these areas is design? How many famous women designers we have heard of? Not because they are untalented - just in this still men’s world it is hard to get recognition.
So - we still have to fight for our rights and defend them.
on August 8th, 2006 at 5:05 pm
Just cruising your site and decided to comment on this post. I didn’t really notice women’s month or women’s day this year. I’ll try to remember to make it a point to have a lady-specific post on my blog about it next year.
As a woman in a man’s field (only 14% of CAD/Designers), it’s sometimes nice to observe things like women’s day and celebrate the fact that I could get an education and rise to where I have when so many other places and/or periods in time haven’t given that opportunity equally to all.
Enjoying your blog so far! Keep up the good writing!