International Women’s Day 2012 (IWD)
Background information:
During International Women's Year 1975, the United Nations began celebrating March 8 as International Women's Day. In December 1977, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace. Since then, each year around the world, International Women's Day (IWD) has celebrated throughout the month of March with hundreds of events occurring all over the world. IWD is an occasion to review how far women have come in our struggle for equality, peace and development and also offers an opportunity to unite, network and mobilize for change. Each year a collation of nonprofit organizations, governments and women's groups from around the world choose a different theme that reflects current global and local gender issues. In recent years, IWD has focused on the violence facing women in homes and in conflict all over the world. The 2012 theme is CONNECTING GIRLS, INSPIRING FUTURES If every International Women's Day event held in 2012 includes girls in some way, then thousands of minds will be inspired globally.
If you would like to write an article related to this theme you can post on the IWD website where women are sharing news from all over the world. http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
Resources and links:
UN Women http://www.unwomen.org/
UN Women Japan http://unwomen-nc.jp/
Women watch website Website: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
International Women's Day website: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
International Women’s Day 2012 related events in Japan:
