Here’s how moving beyond the theme of Woman Empowerment, will change the world!

Shilpi
Explara Magazine
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5 min readMar 8, 2018

Along these lines, this time on the event of International Women’s Day what are we anticipating other than simply discussing women empowerment? As said by Malala Yousafzai, “We cannot all succeed, when half of us are held back.” Isn’t that so obvious? On that note what are alternate things ladies ought to be completely encompassed with, let’s discuss them.

Beyond just a special day!

Celebrating women’s day on 8th of March is a lot of times overrated at a lot of places. It is not that we don’t respect the accomplishments of women and their commitment to the world, or that they don’t acknowledge activities for women strengthening. In any case, influencing ladies to feel so imperative and special on this specific day through messages and wishes and naming this day as the “International Women’s Day” simply sometimes falls short for their, or our understanding. it is the approach towards everyone and not just ladies for the whole year that ought to characterize the celebration of this day on the 8th of March.

Let’s see the mirror?:

At the point when contrasted with more of men, less women are spoken to be comprehensively as work compel. What’s more, a larger part of them fall in the low-paid or bring down expertise segment. These boundaries should be separated to adjust the economy. Also, where to begin this from? Regardless of what industry you’re in, you can actualize approaches to fight gender discrimination and empower diversity in your business.

A study in 2012 found that those companies with at least one woman as board member outperformed those without any female board members. This brought a change in company’s performance and ultimately the reputation.

  • Whatever expert industry you’re in, every month is an incredible month for occasions and meetings. These occasions help experts in both genders to assist and empower each other, share information, organize mentorships, encourage skill development. Numerous meeting additionally has roundtables where industry-particular hitches for ladies are inclined to, with a view to making working environments equally female inclusive.
  • However one problem remains throughout the world which is that still a lot of women and children are sufferers of family violence. The UN evaluates that internationally 38% of killings of women are caused by a close male person. Getting away from a distressing domestic circumstance can be difficult, and women refuges are a fundamental help for ladies and children who need to move out of all these situations. Without these organizations many more lives would be lost, let’s encourage them more? Of course, these women refuge we are talking about are also in desperate need of financial help. For what reason not witness International Women’s Day by making a gift to your neighborhood refuge so that you could bring more people together? People move the world forward when they are brought together.
  • However there are some amazing things that restore faith in humanity. In China, many women are given a half-day away from work on 8th March, as prompted by the State Council, despite the fact that businesses don’t generally watch the custom. In Italy, International Women’s Day or la Festa Della Donna is praised by the giving of mimosa flower. The cause of this custom is misty however it is accepted to have begun in Rome after World War Two. In the US, the month of March is Women’s History Month. A presidential announcement issued consistently respects the accomplishments of American women. This can happen all year long you know, if we just go beyond a special day or month.

What’s stirring this year?

An International Women’s Day campaign has gone up against the theme #PressForProgress.

A year ago, a great many rebels in the US and around the globe rioted for women’s rights after the decision of Donald Trump to the US government.

In 2018 a huge number of individuals rioted again in urban communities crosswise over America, to parade against the president, and in addition urge more women to join to vote.

BBC has come up with 100 Women names 100 powerful and motivational women around the globe consistently. They make documentaries, highlights and meetings about their lives, giving more space for stories that put women at the middle. On 8th March, BBC 100 Women will be exhibiting rousing stories from ladies in the UK and over the world. If you are interested in knowing about it, you can follow them on BBC 100 Women on Instagram and Facebook and join the discussion.

Going beyond Women Empowerment this 2018:

  • Is she asking for it? — When we are talking about equality we must not forget to mention wage gap. The gender wage gap of 23 percent — an unsettling measurement that is valid for relatively every occupation for which there’s sufficient information to figure an income proportion. this is something which can be really looked into.
  • Life has been juggling between work and home — She gets up early morning, does all the house chores and leaves for office. She works hard at office. By the time she is back, it’s time to finish the pending work and go back to bed. She is nowhere stopping to take care of herself. As a result, settling on health, tiredness, dissatisfaction, stressed relationships, guilt and intense grumpiness. She is not a superwoman, she is a human. It’s time to talk about her health. It is not that men don’t work as much hard, it is that health issues of women need to be talked about in the mainstream to bring solutions to them faster.
  • Transform her life — We agree that Women’s day is marked around the world with arts performances, talks, rallies, networking events, conferences and marches — and is even being honored with interactive Google Doodles and it is amazing to be celebrated. However, we live in a culture that likes to make up rules about how we should behave and who we should be, and then broadcast it publicly to social media. If we allow everyone to wake up each day and decide to talk how they want to talk, love how they want to love, look how they want to look and follow their heart in the direction it leads, that decision will transform our lives.

Here’s Wishing All The Women Out There

Happy Women’s Day

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Shilpi
Explara Magazine

Content Writer/ Digital Marketing Manager @Explara