International Women's Day!

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International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. First celebrated in 1911, it is now an official holiday in China, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Since IWD was first celebrated, we have seen a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women's and society's thoughts about women's equality and emancipation. 

While in some places women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women and men still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and global women's education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men, great improvements have still 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. The future for girls today is looking a lot brighter than those of our mothers and grandmothers.
Check out the website at: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/

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