The campaign theme, one of many around the world, provides a framework and direction for annual IWD activity and takes into account the wider agenda of both celebration as well as the call to action for gender parity. Campaign themes for the global IWD website are collaboratively developed each year with a range of stakeholders and widely adopted worldwide.
In the United Kingdom, celebrity activist Annie Lennox lead a march across one of London's iconic bridges raising awareness in support for global charity Women for Women International. Further charities such as Oxfam have run extensive IWD activity. Many celebrities and business leaders actively support the day. Many from a younger generation may feel that 'all the battles have been won for women' while many feminists from the 's know only too well the longevity and ingrained complexity of patriarchy.
With more women in the boardroom, greater equality in legislative rights, and an increased critical mass of women's visibility as impressive role models in every aspect of life, one could think that women have gained true equality. The unfortunate fact is that women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women's education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men.
However, great improvements have been made. We do have female astronauts and prime ministers, school girls are welcomed into university, women can work and have a family, women have real choices.
And so each year the world inspires women and celebrates their achievements. The tradition sees men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc with flowers and small gifts. In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother's Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers. A global web of rich and diverse local activity connects women from all around the world ranging from political rallies, business conferences, government activities and networking events through to local women's craft markets, theatrical performances, fashion parades and more.
Many global corporations actively support IWD by running their own events and campaigns. Year on year IWD is certainly a powerful moment increasing in status. Amy Richards. Both experts agree that everyday has to be IWD for us to make greater strides toward gender parity — and those strides begin just outside our front door. What is your community?
What is your family? What change would you like to see? The way to push through is to make it incredibly personal — what is the change you want to see in your own life and how can this global movement help you to make that change? You jump ahead 50 years and women are finishing at 2 hours and 20 minutes, so women have gained two hours. And, as Richards so colorfully illustrates, we have to bear in mind that the push for equality requires yet even more obscene amounts of patience.
She ran in and her time was 4 hours and 20 minutes. The man who finished that year was 2 hours and 15 minutes. I use that example because it shows how the push for equality has been entirely on the part of women. The next leap is going to require not only empowering women, but challenging the masculine superiority that we have tolerated for too long. That is a fact. It is also referred to as Civil awareness day, Anti-sexism day and Anti-discrimination day, terms that some people prefer.
Another frequent misunderstanding I have witnessed is that the day was thought up by a group of loud millennials who wanted to shout at men.
Again, let me set you straight. And its two-fold message now remains the same as when it was started — to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, but also to mark a call to action for accelerating gender parity. This is something that I think a lot of people have problems coming to terms with, so to him and to you, I say: Because we are not on equal footing.
We live in a world that prioritises men and as was announced last year, we are years away from having actual gender parity. To get to that stage, we have to push women up as hard as we can and amplify their voices.
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