One of the many holidays not celebrated in the US, boy do I miss this holiday when I was in Poland. Some would say every day is women’s day, men’s day, children’s day, but because women are now the majority population in most of the industrialized world, let alone the rest of the world, it is time for women to start acting like the majority – not the minority.
For example, women’s football. In a recent UK/German women’s match in Germany, 70,000 people showed up! That was the highest attendance for a women’s match ever. In the United States, the US women’s football team is infinitely more successful than the men’s team yet still makes a pittance in comparison. A women’s owned and operated restaurant in Marrakesh. Women owned businesses are increasing across the globe. Not in the size and scale of male companies, but more on the ground, more local, more directly benefiting the community.
The theme for this year (according to the UN) is *I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights*. This equality should be across all sectors of life but still isn’t. One area where women are making great strides are on corporate boards.
http://femalebreadwinners.com/women-on-boards-3-top-reasons-it-changes-the-atmosphere/.
There are also the micro financing groups such as Kiva that help women in particular with growing small businesses, providing for their families and communities.
I have no photos of this particular day in my travels, but some photos of the first women’s march. Hopefully the growth of women’s rights will continue and expand. WE are the majority population, it’s time we act like it.
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