NationStates Jolt Archive

Today massive demonstrations are held in the cities of the People's Republic of Crosshill. Millions are on the march to celebrate the international women's day. The people's liberation army parades in the capital and shows the readiness of the PRC to defend herself against all threads.

From the first National Women's Day in the United States in 1908 came the first International Women's Day in 1910.

The history of International Women's Day is rooted in the struggle for equal pay and conditions. On the 8th March 1857, women employed in the New York textile and garment industry marched to protest about low wages and poor working conditions. Fifty-one years later on the 8th March 1908, the same went on strike for the same reasons. Thousands of people marched on this day, to condemn child labour, for the right to vote and for safe and reasonable working conditions.

The first public international celebration of the day occurred in Europe on 19th March 1911. The inception of International Women's Day in Australia in the Sydney Domain on 25th March 1928 paneled the North American experience. Organised by the Militant Women's Movement, it called for equal pay for equal work and pressed for improved working conditions for women.

The first International Women's Day marches were held in Sydney and Melbourne in 1931 under the banner equal work for equal pay. The 50th anniversary for International Women's Day in 1960 culminated in a general declaration of support for political, economic and social rights of women. International Women's Day was given official recognition by the United Nations during the International Women's Year in 1975, and was taken up by governments who had not previously known of its existence, thereby increasing the numbers of women affected by the world-wide women?s movement.

The first of the major International Women's Day marches took place in Australia in 1972. In 1975 marches gained official sanction and became an accepted and permanent part on International Women?s Day celebrations.

The PRC sends out revolutionary greetings to all women in the world. So post your greetings for equality here!

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Equality, eh?

OOC The closest I can come is what happens here in the real life city of Dunedin, New Zealand.

Perhaps you've seen that movie "Once Were Warriors"? (circa sometime in the 1990's) about an abusive husband who goes out, gets into fights, brings his mates home from the pub and is again abusive, etc.

Anyway, the husband's main choice of clothing is his black singlet type thing. And it's been noted in other productions/real life etc.
So it's been given the name "Wifebeater", because it's the stereotype wifebeater clothing.
Well, moving on, there's a pub here which gives them away as a special, and it's on "Wifebeater Wednesday". :lol:

Anyhoo...various university groups complained about this and the allegations of rape on campus etc. (which have, for some reason, since been withdrawn)
And a university production The Critic (a shit-grade university magazine) both [a] alleges that it supports women's rights and (in stark contrast) put out an article on "how to date-rape a fresher".
This came out [b] VERY BADLY TIMED at a similar time to the
rape allegations, and complaints were raised, to the point where the
magazine had to apologise.
Rape is a horrible thing, of that there is no doubt.

Women's rights? They only seem to apply when enough people
notice them. Otherwise they become target for satire.
No matter how far they seem to have come, it always seems to be
an illusion disguising some sort of "One step forward, two steps back"
movement.

It is about time to change that once and for all. Thanks for your post!

Commie! Kilean women will continue raising good and solid children, as well as wearing valkyrie costumes every now and then when the need to spirit fallen patriot dead to vallhalla!