Friday, March 8, 2013

Celebrate International Women's Day today

 Hello Gorgeous,
It's a day to remember what, how and where women have come from. Much has been gained but there is so much more to do. Today I encourage you, to help another lady today-whatever age she may be, do something kind for her. It speaks volumes about who we are as women, mothers, sisters and wives.

About International Women's Day

When:  Friday 8 March 2013
Where: Everywhere
What:   International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women's Day is a national holiday.
Why:   Suffragettes campaigned for women's right to vote. The word 'Suffragette' is derived from the word "suffrage" meaning the right to vote. International Women's Day honours the work of the Suffragettes, celebrates women's success, and reminds of inequities still to be redressed. The first International Women's Day event was run in 1911

A Haitian woman prays during a prayer vigil in the street in Port-au-Prince February 2, 2010. REUTERS-Eliana Aponte

A woman carries her child past a house on fire at Capao Redondo slum in the outskirts of Sao Paulo August 24, 2009. Residents set fire to houses in protest after police and officials removed 800 families from the slum which had been illegally occupied since 2007. REUTERS-Paulo Whitaker

Astronaut Nicole Stott, STS-128 mission specialist waves as she pauses during the mission's first spacewalk with the International Space Station's solar panels as a backdrop as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station in this NASA handout photo taken September 1, 2009. REUTERS-NASA-Handout

Members of Brazil's Kaiapo nation compete in a tug of war during the Indigenous Nations' Games in Pagagominas, north Brazil November 3, 2009. Some 600 Brazilian Indians from 29 ethnic groups will compete in sporting events for the tenth edition of the games. REUTERS-Paulo Santos

Carin Froehlich has help from her granddaughter Ava as they hang some laundry in the front yard of her residence in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, November 12, 2009. Froehlich is among the growing number of people across America fighting for the right to dry their laundry outside against a rising tide of housing associations who oppose the practice despite its energy-saving green appeal. REUTERS-Tim Shaffer

All photos credited to Thomas Reuters


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