Happy International Women's Day - or United Nations Day for Women's Rights & International Peace (with its rather smarter moniker)
Several countries (including Russia and China) observe today as a public holiday, which is nice. IWD was first observed in 1911, a day when men stayed home with the children while their wives went out to meetings. Good to see that women were networking successfully back in 1911 too - as much of the planning for that first IWD (then observed on the 19th March) were made via WOM. Of course, at that time, one of the big issues was achieving the vote for women. (note: NZ women have had the vote since 1893)
There is still a long way to go yet to right global inequalities, but this year's theme of equal rights, equal opportunities and progress for all sounds pretty good for starters.
Onwards and upwards!
