Internation Woman's Day

International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on 8 March every year. It is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women.
Started as a political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries (primarily Russia and the countries of former Soviet bloc). In some celebrations, the day lost its political flavor, and became simply an occasion for men to express their sympathy and love to the women around them - somewhat similar to Western Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day mixed together. In others, however, the political and human rights theme as designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.

The day remains an official holiday in Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam, and is observed by men giving the women in their lives - mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc., flowers and small gifts. In some countries it is also observed as an equivalent of Mother's Day, where children also give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers.
After the fall of socialism in Czechoslovakia (1989) MDŽ was quickly abandoned as one of the most mocked symbols of the old regime. The few attempts to reestablish the celebration have been met with sarcasm The slightly more popular attempt to establish Mother's Day as a replacement has largely failed as well.
In Hungary, Poland and Romania, Women's Day was used as a propaganda tool too, but nevertheless the custom of giving women flowers still prevails. Women usually get gifts from their employers too.

In India, IWD holds a lot of significance. One can see a lot of celebrations going on this day. This portrays the power of women in the modern era and how vital their role is in the society.
In 1975, which had been designated as International Women’s Year, the United Nations gave official sanction to and began sponsoring International Women's Day.
The 2005 Congress (conference) of the British Trades Union Congress overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling for IWD to be designated a public holiday in the United Kingdom.
Today many events are held by women's groups around the world. The global women's organization Aurora hosts a free worldwide register of IWD local events (www.internationalwomensday.com) so that women and the media can locate local activity. Many governments and organizations around the world support IWD. For example, HSBC hosts a range of IWD activity including co-hosting of the UK's flagship IWD event with women's group Aurora. Global interest in IWD shows a steady increase.


Purple, green and white are the official international women's colors.
The colors originated from the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), in the UK in 1908. The colors were said to represent:- white for purity in public as well as private life- purple for justice, dignity, self-reverence and self-respect (and representing the women's vote)- green for hope and new life.
The colors unified the women's movement and emphasized the femininity of the suffragettes. The tricolor of the WSPU soon became a visual cue for the women's movement in other countries. Purple, green and white were worn on International Women's Day and were used for other women's movement banners and posters.

More recently, two changes have occurred:- the use of the color white has more recently been rejected as 'purity' is a controversial issue and attitudes towards the role of 'purity' from women differ greatly- the introduction of the color gold representing 'a new dawn' has been commonly used to represent the second wave of feminism.


MANY WOMEN'S GROUPS USE PURPLEMany women's groups around the world who understand, respect and chose to honor the history and progress made by the suffragettes use purple as their predominant representative color.

PINK IS NOT A COLOUR REPRESENTING WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT

The use of pink for girls and blue for boys represents the unfortunate gender socialization and female oppression that occurs at a very early age. Thus many feminists historically decried the use of pink to represent females.
Of course there is nothing wrong with the color pink - it's just that when it is used to positively represent women it in fact does quite the opposite.
Purple is the correct color to be used if representing women's advancement. Purple with green represents traditional feminism, purple with gold represents progressive contemporary feminism.
The good thing abut women's progress means that you can of course use any color to represent your female focus ... brown anyone ?

So make a difference, think globally and act locally !! Make everyday International Women's Day. Do your bit to ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding.