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Winifred
03-08-2011, 07:37 PM
When: Tuesday 8 March 2011
Where: Everywhere
What: International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women's Day is a national holiday.
Why: Suffragettes campaigned for women's right to vote. The word 'Suffragette' is derived from the word "suffrage" meaning the right to vote. International Women's Day honours the work of the Suffragettes, celebrates women's success, and reminds of inequities still to be redressed. The first International Women's Day event was run in 1911. 2011 is the Global Centenary Year. Let's reinvent opportunity for working women and all women ... more at :
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/

musi
03-09-2011, 06:40 AM
I am in two minds about this holiday - for one, women demand equal rights, but they also demand flowers :) But if they demand flowers, men should also demand their own holiday :)
However, as a day of celebration of a campaign for the right to vote - I am in complete support. :) :good: