Today is International Women’s Day, and this year’s theme is “Inspire Inclusion.” I’ve been thinking, therefore, about how we parents can help our children inspire inclusion for girls and women. Here’s my own experience.
Happy International Women’s Day to all women! The official theme for the year is #BalanceforBetter—but given the expanding notions of gender today, balancing gender is a many-body problem.
Today is International Women’s Day, “a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.” We do that year round at our house of two moms—but the day has gotten me thinking about how I first learned about the need for gender equity.
It’s International Women’s Day, and while I support those who are striking today (and will not shop today myself), I don’t think it hurts the cause simply to elevate the Day’s message of “a more inclusive, gender equal world,” especially among my largely female audience. Hence this post about my son and gender equity.
It’s International Women’s Day, and I can think of no better way to celebrate women (publicly) than sharing the video “I Am a Full Woman” by filmmaker Linda Wolf.
It’s International Women’s Day, a holiday first celebrated in 1909 in honor of a 1908 strike by women garment workers in protest at their working conditions. Now, it’s a holiday endorsed by the U.N., which has set the 2010 theme as “Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all.” While the holiday gets little attention in
It’s International Women’s Day (IWD) once again, and while I’m not doing anything special to celebrate (does watching The L Word finale tonight count?), I feel obligated to note the event here. Of interest is a list of “Gender Facts” on the official International Women’s Day site. Did you know that “Women use 20,000 words
