Girl Power is Alive and Well<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mother, sisters, wives, girlfriends and fiancees\u2026what would we ever do without them? Nobody can honestly say we don\u2019t owe an enormous amount to the women in our lives, from the mothers who made us chicken soup when we were sick as children, to the sisters who helped us decide what to wear on our first date, to the wives who somehow manage to juggle both a career and a family, never missing a beat. Women\u2019s Day is all about celebrating these incredible people and showing them how much we love, respect and value them. This holiday is perhaps especially important in parts of the world where women are still forced to deal with shocking inequality on a daily basis and is meant to raise awareness of the challenges and struggles faced by these women. Women\u2019s Day celebrates women\u2019s history, highlighting key events, milestones and achievements, and aims to further promote and raise awareness of women\u2019s rights and to achieve equal opportunity status in all walks of life.<\/p>\n

The History of Women\u2019s Day
\n<\/strong>It may come as a rather sad surprise that Women\u2019s Day was first celebrated on February 28th, 1909 in New York. Two years later, German socialist Luise Zietz proposed that the holiday become an annually observed one that would celebrate various women\u2019s issues, such as suffrage, so as to promote equal rights for women. The first few Women\u2019s Days were celebrated in a quite different fashion than they are nowadays, with hundreds of demonstrations taking place in Europe. During these demonstrations, women demanded they finally be given both the right to vote and to hold public office. Employment sex discrimination was also an important issue. In 1917, the Women\u2019s Day demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia, helped initiate the February Revolution, when women marched through the city demanding an end to World War I. This shocked even Leon Trotsky, who, much like other Russian leaders of the day, did not expect the Women\u2019s Day protests to cause that much of a stir. Until 1977, Women\u2019s Day was celebrated mainly in socialist countries. It was only after the United Nations General Assembly\u2019s decision to proclaim March 8th International Women\u2019s Day that the holiday gained worldwide popularity.<\/p>\n

How to Celebrate Women\u2019s Day
\n<\/strong>There are many ways that you can go about celebrating this holiday, but all of them have a similar goal: to raise awareness about the struggles of women the world over and honor their achievements. Of course, not all achievements are huge, worldwide game-changers like women finally obtaining the right to vote\u2014there are all sorts of other, smaller feats that women you know manage on an everyday basis that you may not pay too much attention to until you try calming 2 crying toddlers, making dinner and explaining the particulars of a newly-acquired client to your boss over the phone at the same time. This may sound ridiculously hard to pull off, but this is something thousands of women pull off every day, something that should be deeply appreciated and something that nobody should take for granted. Grand gestures aren\u2019t necessarily required to show appreciation, either\u2014sometimes a simple \u201cthank you, I have no idea how you do it\u201d is enough to lift an overworked woman\u2019s spirits. If you\u2019d like to do something more, though, there is a virtually endless amount of things you can do to help improve women\u2019s lives the world. You can attend one of the 1000+ events organized globally where you can learn about what women\u2019s lives are like in different countries and make a donation to the event you attend. Reading books is also a great way of broadening your horizons, and biographies of women like fearless Somalian women\u2019s rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali will definitely open your eyes and inspire you to see\u00a0women\u2019s lives and problems completely differently.<\/p>\n

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