International Women’s Day – March 8, 2010

Mable Yee
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on 03/08/2010 12:11 am
by Mable Yee

Today is International Women’s Day which celebrates the rights and successes of all women across the globe. It is a day of celebration, reflection and recognition of the great strides women have made in our society but also a time to determine the huge amount of work that remains. While there are more women across the planet that now are receiving an education, participating in government and running their own businesses, we are far from achieving equality in many of those institutions. We need more role models, encourage more women and young girls to seek leadership positions and train the next generation of women to take on decision making and leadership roles. In countries like the United States where the majority of the population are women, we are far from being equally represented in the key institutions i.e. media, corporation and governments that run our society.

As President Barack Obama stated in his recent proclamation of Women’s HIstory Month “As we move forward, we must correct persisting inequalities. Women comprise over 50 percent of our population but hold fewer than 17 percent of our congressional seats. More than half our college students are female, yet when they graduate, their male classmates still receive higher pay on average for the same work. Women also hold disproportionately fewer science and engineering jobs. That is why my Administration launched our Educate to Innovate campaign, which will inspire young people from all backgrounds to drive America to the forefront of science, technology, engineering, and math. By increasing women’s participation in these fields, we will foster a new generation of innovators to follow in the footsteps of the three American women selected as 2009 Nobel Laureates.”

So let us celebrate International Women’s Day but let us keep an eye on the future and the hard work that remains ahead of us to achieving true equality for all women and men.

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