INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - THE SALIENCY OF THE #BalanceForBetter Campaign
What started as a labour movement in the early 1900s has no doubt become an annual event. According to BBC News , about 15,000 women marched through the city of New York in 1908 demanding for better pay, shorter working hours and the right to vote. Saliently, the protest yielded result with the then Social Party of America declaring the first ever National Woman’s day in 1909. Founder of the International Women's Day - Clara Zetkin International Women Day (IWD) is a day set aside to celebrate women and to remind the world that women are not lower/second classed homo sapien. The non-inclusion of women in diverse strata of life has made our habitat (earth) hard to manage. Obviously; 49.55% of the world’s population is not adequately represented. This year’s theme for the IWD; BALANCE FOR BETTER is coined out to encourage the world population to make and take strategic steps in ensuring gender balance – “G ender balance” will produce a “Better life”. I...
