HAPPY WOMAN'S DAY !!! ❤ March, 8 2011 •.¸¸• ♥ ´¯`•

I said! Woman's Day ! ja! ...is everyday !!! for men and children...everybody.....but then when I read this...I was really impressed, because women in history, had to pass so many difficult situations in life to live in this world! ...humanly normally ?.....❤

The world inside!...that's the Perfect World... Peaceful... Loving.....giving us Life.... Women (Men...Children..) with knowledge...practicing knowledge! .... are Enjoying Life.... Anyplace...Enjoying !!! :))) ....So Lucky people in Conscience..... •.¸¸• ♥ ´¯`•

For me this situations that exist in this world, and any others situations...it's luck of conscience, ....and shows me, that if I want to Help, in any way, I have to be CONSCIOUS! ...IN LOVE! ....as much as I can...to be able always to help any person in need,.... that comes my way..........

History

International Women’s Day: Looking Back

Introduction

International Women’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political. It is an occasion for looking back on past struggles and accomplishments, and more importantly, for looking ahead to the untapped potential and opportunities that await future generations of women.

In 1975, during International Women's Year, the United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day on 8 March. Two years later, in December 1977, the General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by Member States, in accordance with their historical and national traditions. In adopting its resolution, the General Assembly recognized the role of women in peace efforts and development and urged an end to discrimination and an increase of support for women’s full and equal participation.

History

International Women’s Day first emerged from the activities of labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and across Europe.

1909: The first National Woman's Day was observed in the United States on 28 February. The Socialist Party of America designated this day in honour of the 1908 garment workers’ strike in New York, where women protested against working conditions.

1910: The Socialist International, meeting in Copenhagen, established a Women's Day, international in character, to honour the movement for women's rights and to build support for achieving universal suffrage for women. The proposal was greeted with unanimous approval by the conference of over 100 women from 17 countries, which included the first three women elected to the Finnish Parliament. No fixed date was selected for the observance.

1911: As a result of the Copenhagen initiative, International Women's Day was marked for the first time (19 March) in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, where more than one million women and men attended rallies. In addition to the right to vote and to hold public office, they demanded women’s rights to work, to vocational training and to an end to discrimination on the job.

1913-1914: International Women's Day also became a mechanism for protesting World War I. As part of the peace movement, Russian women observed their first International Women’s Day on the last Sunday in February. Elsewhere in Europe, on or around 8 March of the following year, women held rallies either to protest the war or to express solidarity with other activists.

1917: Against the backdrop of the war, women in Russia again chose to protest and strike for ‘Bread and Peace’ on the last Sunday in February (which fell on 8 March on the Gregorian calendar). Four days later, the Czar abdicated and the provisional Government granted women the right to vote.

Since those early years, International Women's Day has assumed a new global dimension for women in developed and developing countries alike. The growing international women's movement, which has been strengthened by four global United Nations women's conferences, has helped make the commemoration a rallying point to build support for women's rights and participation in the political and economic arenas. Increasingly, International Women's Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.

The United Nations and Gender Equality

The Charter of the United Nations, signed in 1945, was the first international agreement to affirm the principle of equality between women and men. Since then, the UN has helped create a historic legacy of internationally-agreed strategies, standards, programmes and goals to advance the status of women worldwide.

Over the years, the UN and its technical agencies have promoted the participation of women as equal partners with men in achieving sustainable development, peace, security, and full respect for human rights. The empowerment of women continues to be a central feature of the UN’s efforts to address social, economic and political challenges across the globe.

For information about recent themes and commemorations by the United Nations of International Women’s Day, please visit: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/iwd.

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2011 year marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/iwd/

"Violence against women has yet to receive the priority attention and resources needed at all levels to tackle it with the seriousness and visibility necessary."

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2007

Ending Impunity for Violence against Women and Girls

http://www.un.org/events/women/iwd/2007/background.shtml

Message of the UNESCO Director-General for the International Women’s Day

http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=48342&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC...

To watch the Division for Gender Equality’s video: UNESCO Promotes Gender Equality

Click here;

mms://stream.unesco.org/vod/gender-equality_090109_en.wmv

“Searching every day, looking for stability in a world that is so changing.

A breath just came and changed my life forever.

We do not pay attention to the breath. We do not see it as a major factor in our existence till the day it starts to leave, and then it becomes everything.”

What we are looking for, we are looking for outside.

And where did so many say it was? Within. This is not a small thing.

That which we are searching for is within us. We may call it God, we may call it happiness, we may call it peace, or we may call it true love.

All of these things are names of only one thing. And this thing can be found within.” Maharaji<3