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On Deadline: Pulling back Thursday's curtain: ̢ۢ It's International Women's Day, shorthand for The United Nation's Day for Women's Rights. The first was celebrated in 1975. (via Cosmos)
Spug's musings: Egentlig er den dagen ment som et maskulint motsvar til Valtentine's Day, som det framgår av hjemmesida, ikke til kvinnedagen (selv om jeg nevnte de to i sammenheng). (via Cosmos)
You see, it is simply a very young boy's record: The Lords may well be reformed, but still only a quarter of MPs are women. Why is this: not just perhaps because of the parties, who have a better ratio of women to men in their cabinets, but the electorate itself? (via Cosmos)
"We're all mad here," said the Cheshire Cat to Alice.: Take a few minutes and check out pilgrimgirl's post in celebration of International Women's Day. It's worth your time! (via Cosmos)
Isha: But today is the international Women's Day and I wonder how many people know about it. When I was growing up, it was a big deal, but now no one cares anymore. (via Cosmos)
Symmetry factor: It is a day which was designed to be a political holiday (wasn’t they all in the former Soviet Union…), but quickly lost its political flavor and became an official holiday of women and an official day-off. It is also a day when men are supposed to take over house chores and give their ladies flowers. (via Cosmos)
Italy Travel Guide - Italy Logue: Anyway, Cynthia Rae got a lovely bouquet of flowers from her husband for the Festa della Donna (Festival of the Woman), as it’s called in Italy, and it was only when I read her post that I remembered I should probably put something up over here, too. Here’s another expat’s account of the Festa in Italy, and here’s the Italian Wikipedia page about it. (via Cosmos)
BrightsOnline Blogs: The History of IWD The Lords may well be reformed, but still only a quarter of MPs are women. Why is this: not just perhaps because of the parties, who have a better ratio of women to men in their cabinets, but the electorate itself? (via Cosmos)
The Year of Living Gorgeously: International Women's Day (via Cosmos)
[Missingwomen.blogspot.com] Missing and Murdered Women: Welsh takes Dawn's story as a starting point for a journey into the native women who have gone missing or been murdered in Western Canada in communities such as Saskatoon or along Highway 16, the Yellowhead in northern B.C. She interviews the relatives and friends who not only talk about never forgetting those who have been murdered, but of changing attitudes that treat native women as marginalized and disposable.
[Blog.aflcio.org] AFL-CIO Weblog | Celebrate the First Woman Speaker””And Then Ask ...: The AFL-CIO is a voluntary federation of 54 national and international labor unions and represents workers from all walks of life. Together, we seek to improve the lives of working families to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our nation.
[Zhonghuarising.com] Razor Pictures and Taodog Productions Celebrate The International ...: Razor Pictures and Taodog Productions are currently in development of their newest feature film, Gam3rs, Geeks and Zombies (GGZ). For screening information and investment opportunities, please contact Tora Brown Public Relations 661/257-2275.
[Encyclopedia.com] Stolen sisters: Canadians are set to celebrate International ...: Sex-trade workers, in particular, are deterred from cooperating with police investigations. Meanwhile, officials tend to look at prostitutes with suspicion, blaming them for putting themselves at risk.
[Owit-toronto.ca] Organization of Women in International Trade -Toronto Chapter: Close to 1,000 people gathered to celebrate and support the winners of this year's RBC Canadian Woman Entrepreneur Awards (CWEA), sponsored by RBC Financial Group, at a ceremony in Toronto on November 21, 2006.
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