Today is International Women's Day, and this year, we have a century's worth of progress to look back on. Celebrated every year on March 8, starting back in 1911, IWD is a day to appreciate women whatever way you choose -- the modes of celebration differ from country to country, but the one constant the world over is that there's no lack of reasons to honor women.
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On November 05, 1872, in Rochester, New York, Susan B. Anthony cast her ballot for the Congressional Elections. She was soon arrested and put on trial. (http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/biography.php)
48 years later, in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, drafted by Susan B. Anthony and Cady Stanton and giving American women the right to vote, was ratified. (www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/amendment_19)
In 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt, chair of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, directed the creation of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” the first global declaration of individual rights.
(www.udhr.org)
A full 137 years after Susan B. Anthony’s arrest, American women finally acquired the force of law to protect equal pay for equal work. On January 29, 2009, Michelle Obama’s husband signed into law the “Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.” (www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-181)
And in 2008, Karen Armstrong won of the TED Prize for bringing to life the “Charter for Compassion,” a document affirming the inviolable sanctity of every human being.
(http://charterforcompassion.org)
Thanks to their courage and sacrifice, I am more fully free.
Protesters were attacked and driven out of the square, accused of being “foreigners” (quite a few foreign women and journalists were present), and had their flyers and posters torn up.
There was tension from the beginning, with throngs of male hecklers outnumbering the hundreds of female protesters…
Many of the protesters’ male critics invoked religion saying Islam itself decrees that men and women are different, and that men should be responsible for, and rule over, women. At one point, a crowd of male counterprotesters circled a women in a niqab (the full, black veil that covers everything but a woman’s eyes and is worn by Islamic fundamentalists here) chanting, “This is an Egyptian woman!”…
“Suddenly we heard people raising their voices and women screaming. I didn’t see exactly what happened because we had to run,” says Engy Ghozlan, another young activist.
“One woman was attacked,” says journalist Pakinam Amer. “And after that we heard gunfire shots. People started targeting women. They were being very hostile, very aggressive. They were systematically trying to get us out of Tahrir.”
Women in the home.
The good old days.
Pot roast in the oven, children well cared for, yes, the good old days!
CAIRO (AP) — A protest by hundreds of Egyptian women demanding equal rights and an end to sexual harassment turned violent Tuesday when crowds of men heckled and shoved the demonstrators, telling them to go home where they belong.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jA0lTCLBfPISCkbcDhbjgma1OOJQ?docId=e75dbfdfaf294cbd9ee5ebd557c9887e
That's why law codes that enshrine inequality need to be revised. Unfortunately, for Egypt's women; groups like the Muslim Brotherhood want to revise the current laws to be in line with Sharia law.
Women rights in Egypt have gone backwards over the years. 30-40 years ago they all wore western garb--now they have to wear hij ab or get har as sed.
Women rights in Egypt have gone backwards over the years. 30-40 years ago they all wore western garb--now they have to wear hijab or get harassed.
then, sit back and enjoy the show
Love ya Julie, youre one of the few that make sense to me in abstract world
Liberalism seems to trump true Liberation.
Egyptian women's rights protest marred by hecklers
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jA0lTCLBfPISCkbcDhbjgma1OOJQ?docId=e75dbfdfaf294cbd9ee5ebd557c9887e
After helping overthrow Mubarak it's "Thanks for your help,now go home where you belong. Get in the back of the bus, girls"
If we don't get some balance between men and wimmin in our societies we will very simply not make it a s a species.
We can't keep allowing men to hold all the power. All we need to do is take a look at the state they've led the world to today.
Keep up the talking points.
Texas passed legislation to stand in the way of a womans right.
I do not jest. Texas is going backwards.