Tuesday, March 8, 2011

International Women's Day

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the International Women's Day.

According to Women Watch, the day was commemorated for the first time on 19 March 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, following its establishment during the Socialist International meeting the prior year. More than one million women and men attended rallies on that first commemoration.

During International Women's Year in 1975, the United Nations Organization began celebrating 8 March as International Women's Day. Two years later, in December 1977, the U.N General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by Member States, in accordance with their historical and national traditions


According  to Wikipedia, in different countries the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements.

In many countries, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the original political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.

According to the site International Women's Day 2011,  the United Nations Organization has declared the theme for this year's is :  Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women.

In this connection I wish every women in the world a happy International Women's Day.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Salam persohiblogan
Baru update dan BW lagi nih daku

Karena wanita itu mulai :)
Selamat Hari Wanita Internasonal

health information said...

nice article, congratulation with woman international day :)

colson said...

The theme is sympathetic - the program to implement equal access for women ( to education, training, science and technology) remains vague though. Unfortunately.

dee said...

Happy Women's day! Thanks Harry Nizam for sharing this;)

r10 said...

mari kita hormati hak2 wanita seperti melindungi korban KDRT, TKW

Dunia Optimasi said...

Good info, women need to be maintained and respected, because women will become mothers to care for her children untu future, especially for the family. okay thanks boss

Jhess said...

Happy Womens Day ! Thank you ladies for everything you have done and continue to do for the World as a whole. Every great man has a even greater women behind him supporting and running things. I am also writing about this on my blog.

Anonymous said...

I was Saw in TV news, Daniel Craig make tranformation in his face into a women for International women day

Teras Info said...

Saya baru inget dengan Hari Wanita Internasional ini...

Terimakasih banyak atas infonya..

Salam sahabat... _^

Unknown said...

selamat untuk kaum wanita wanita yang baik di dunia.. selamat dab sukses juga untuk Multibrand

Unknown said...

@Cucuharis,
Senang melihat anda ada disini lagi.

@Health Information,
Thank you for the compliment.

@Colson,
I agree with you that the theme is sympathetic.

@Deasy,
Thank you.

@R10.
Setuju!

@Dunia Optimasi,
Thank you for following back.

@Jhess,
Yes behind every successful men there are great women.

@Anonymous,
Daniel Craig ? sounds interesting.

@Teras Info,
Senang berjumpa kembali dengan anda

Unknown said...

Wisata Murah,
Mari kita saling mendukung agar kita semua sukses dalam blogging.

sawali tuhusetya said...

isu tentang perempuan di berbagai belahan dunia agaknya belum bergeser dari ranah kekerasan, mas harry. semoga dengan event seperti ini, peran kaum perempuan makin diperhitungkan dan tidak lagi menjadi korban kekerasan. selamat hari perempuan dunia!

ZuXuZ said...

hidup Wanita

Unknown said...

@Sawali,
Iya mas, mudah2an dimasa depan tindakan-2 tidak adil terhadap kaum ibu kita bisa ditiadakan.

@Zuxuz,
Benar, hidup kaum wanita, hidup0 kaum ibu kita.