International Women's Day 2019
Students in WMST 2010: Women in Global Perspective
Celebrate International Women's Day
International Women's Day began among socialist groups, and then socialist countries, in the first two decades of the 20th century, with March 8 becoming the recognized date. It was not until 1975 that the United Nations proclaimed it as an international celebration. Some countries treat it as a national holiday, and others ignore it. We don't think it should be ignored!
Students in the Spring 2019 section of Women in Global Perspective (WMST 2020-901) each researched a nongovernmental organization or institution that focuses on women, then prepared eye-catching pages that summarize the organization's activities. The range of issues covered is impressive: these NGOs promote health and education; they seek to remedy poverty and violence; they address issues of justice and freedom, war and peace. We think they show how active women are, world-wide, in bringing improvements in their own lives, their communities, and the world.
The theme of IWD in 2019 is #BalanceforBetter. In other words, a world with better gender-balance—balance in business, government, media, employment, wealth–will be a better world. The campaign runs all year long. Check it out: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme
Check out Spring 2019 student projects!
- Emily Assenmacher, Medica Mondiale
- Teasha Brown, Women's Learning Partnership
- Erin Drinnon, Arab Women's Solidarity Association
- Riley Dunn, Women in Black
- Alison Dyer, Equality Now
- Max Faust, International Planned Parenthood Federation
- Jaden Finch, Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights
- Sarah Halfacre, Pathfinder International
- Celeste Hobbs, MADRE
- Danielle Humphrey, WEDO (Women's Environment & Development Organization)
- Erin Kelly, Grandmothers for Peace International
- Keyana Miller, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
- Yesenia Ortiz, Fourth World Conference on Women—Beijing Declaration
- Miranda Pardue, DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era)
- Sirius Prater, Women's Global Empowerment Fund
- Stephanie Shipp, Sisterhood is Global Institute
- Ricki Smith, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
- Adrianna Sumlin, Code Pink
- Carly Tribble, V-Day
- Pateyn Walker, Women for Women International