What are you doing for International Women’s Day?

This year's theme is "Choose to Challenge". There's nothing sexist about IWD men can take part. www.internationalwomensday.com/theme

Ashcombe I didn't know that about links with Women's Day of Prayer. My mom and Grandmother were very involved with that years ago.

Really! If I celebrated IWD I would be so put out with it being link to any religious organisation, given the attitude of most religions to women.

Now how do you reconcile those two?

Peasblossom do you mean me? I'm not religious so can't answer that. I'm not anti religion though.

I didn't know it was IWD, but I shall be doing what I've done for years; standing on my own feet, looking after myself, being independant, managing my own affairs.

Ooops, thought this was about Mother's Day. Shows how much I know.

Peasblossom

Really! If I celebrated IWD I would be so put out with it being link to any religious organisation, given the attitude of most religions to women.

Now how do you reconcile those two?

I have never known IWD to be linked to any religion and that is not it’s origins.

My comment wasn’t directed at anyone Fanny. I try not to get personal ?

I was just struck by the linking of IWD with a Women’s Day of Prayer, prayer being a religious thing.

Not that I have anything to do with either of them.

The only IWD I ever celebrated was by accident when we booked into a Hotel in Romania and the ladies invited us to join their party. The only thing I remember was: it was the best Brandy I’ve ever tasted ?

Not wanting to irritate the already irritated and dismissive but at least one woman is killed every week by her male partner.
Lockdown has seen a huge increase in domestic abuse towards women
Women continue to earn less than men with similar qualifications
Lockdown has seen mothers predominantly the parent who is furloughed.
Lockdown has seen working mothers doing the bulk of home schooling and domestic work.
International Women’s day sexist ?

Why is IWD a load of bull by the way ?

I think maybe it was the tone of the post that put peoples hackles up rather than IWD itself?

Peasblossom

I think maybe it was the tone of the post that put peoples hackles up rather than IWD itself?

Which post do you mean ?

The opening post I assume Lucca

FannyCornforth

The opening post I assume Lucca

Why ? OP. Asked a question. Why not just say you’re not doing anything or you don’t see the need for it, why “load of bull”. So narrow minded.

Yes I agree with you Lucca
Narrow minded.

I’m not doing anything special on Monday, which, incidentally is also World Kidney Day.

Jaxjacky

I’m not doing anything special on Monday, which, incidentally is also World Kidney Day.

Interesting ! Quite a few of my family only have one kidney

This sounds interesting to anybody involved in the creative arts.

youtu.be/8C79Ucfbz6c

Peasblossom

See, I frittered about for the whole of 3rd March before remembering it was DS birthday ?

And then it was only because he sent a text saying thank you for card.

Just not a special day person.

At least you remembered to send a card!
Well done.

Never heard of it so never done anything for it
Life will carry on as normal doing all the womanly things I do every day like having a shower, brushing my hair cleaning my teeth and breathing
I don’t think my town has ever celebrated any day !! (Apart from Mother’s Day maybe )

Ashcombe

This normally would be linked to the Women’s World Day of Prayer and women would meet in churches or other places of worship. It was ecumenical and once, when I lived in Staffs., we celebrated at a local abbey with the nuns which was interesting.

Ashcombe thank you, I knew this rang a bell in the recesses. That, I think, is when I was given a Prayer Book for Women and Girls when I was a child.

I just found it and read My Rule of Life which I wrote carefully in the back - none of which I have managed to keep except to donate to a charity. I promised to put 3d a week into a box and donate to The Children's Society.

Why don’t the IWD and IMD organisers join forces and agree on one all-inclusive International People’s Day? Then there’d be only one date to avoid.

I will be celebrating with the females in my immediate family and a couple of other Grans via Zoom with bubbles.........it’s the day the children are all back in school.

grumppa

Why don’t the IWD and IMD organisers join forces and agree on one all-inclusive International People’s Day? Then there’d be only one date to avoid.