International Day of Women in Latin America
It is amazing how we have evolved as people and more than all of us as we have developed our minds knowing that at the end we are giving the corresponding position to women, in spite of everything there are still macho beings who think that women are an object of daily use .
we must be equal with women and leave behind the reference of the weaker sex that women have, there must be 50% and 50% job stability between men and women that there is the same salary, conditions of work and same rights
International Women's Day, formerly called Working Women's Day, due to the UN's decision to institutionalize it in 1975, commemorates the struggle of women for their participation, on an equal footing with men, in society and in society. his whole development as a person. It is celebrated on March 8
The first celebration of International Women's Day took place on March 19, 1911 in Germany, Austria, Denmark and Switzerland, and its commemoration has since been extended to many countries reaching Latin America by having women react to abuse that they were doing, and that they had not realized, until they knew their rights and thickened to be objects within a macho society
In 1972, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared 1975 the International Year of Women in 1977, inviting all States to declare, in accordance with their historical traditions and national customs, a day as the International Day for the Rights of Women and Peace. International.
International Women's Day. Women in a changing world of work: towards a planet 50-50 in 2030
The central theme of International Women's Day 2017, which was celebrated on March 8, was "Women in a changing world of work: towards a planet 50-50 in 2030".
The world of work is changing in a way that will have significant consequences for women. On the one hand, technological advances and globalization provide unprecedented opportunities for those who have the possibility to access them. On the other hand, labor informality, income inequality and humanitarian crises are increasing
In this context, only 50 percent of women of working age are represented in the global workforce, compared to 76 percent in the case of men. Moreover, an overwhelming majority of women work in the informal economy, subsidizing care and domestic work, and concentrating on lower-paid jobs with fewer qualifications, with little or no social protection. Achieving gender equality at work is essential for sustainable development.
The celebration of the United Nations on March 8 urges all actors to take the step for gender equality, for a planet 50-50 in 2030, to ensure that the world of work benefits all women.
First International Women's strike
On March 8, 2017, coinciding with International Women's Day, the First International Women's Strike was carried out by women's organizations from more than 50 countries to make visible sexist violence in all its forms and expressions: sexual, social, cultural, political and economic.
