CELEBRATING WOMEN
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Jamie Dedes
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY is on March 8. If you are searching for blogging themes this month (festivities are month-long and not restricted to the one day), you’ve got them here. This global event creates space to celebrate economic, political, and social contributions of women. Governments, organizations, charities, and women’s groups choose themes that reflect gender issues, which may have a global or a local focus. No reason why you can’t choose a theme for a post or poem that relates to issues most significant to you. Or, you can stick with a theme that is the focus in your community. You’ll find the themes listed in the blog roll HERE along with lists of events in your area. Some of the themes being explored this year are:
- Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty (United Nations)
- Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures (International Women’s Day 2012 Website)
- Equal pay for work of equal value (European Parliament)
- Strong Leadership. Strong Women. Strong World: Equality (Canada)
- Unite to End Violence Against Women (Australia, UNIFEM)
- Our Women, Our State (Australia, Queensland Government Office for Women
- Sharing the Caring for the Future (Australia, WA Department for Communities)
- Success in Globally Integrated Enterprise (USA, Woment@ IBM)
- Women’s Voices and Influence (UK, Doncaster Council)
- Stretch Yourself: Achieving 50:50 in the boardroom by 2020 (UK, Accenture)
- Bridging the Generational Gap (UK, Doncaster Council: Women’s Voices and Influence)
For more information on this event link to International Women’s Day 2012.
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AND SINCE WE ARE CELEBRATING WOMEN, WHY NOT TWO OF OUR OWN?: Two poets and writers in our blogging community recently had new books accepted for publication. They are Victoria C. Slotto (an Into the Bardo contributing writer) and Heather Grace Stewart. Congratulations ladies!
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Meet and greet Victoria on March 21 if you are in Southern California:
- Victoria will be at a book fair in Rancho Mirage on March 21st at the Rancho Mirage Library 10AM to 2PM.
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If you live in Quebec, mark your calendar’s for Heather’s launch party in May.
- Carry On Dancing Launch Party May 8, 2012: 4873 St. Laurent Blvd. Doors open 8:30 p.m. Bar & coffee bar Music by Kimberly Beyea & Jim Bland. Can’t wait to celebrate with you! Details HERE.
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Related articles on International Women’s Day:
- International Women’s Day, Adelaide Style (radioadelaidebreakfast.wordpress.com)
- Womens History Month (eaglenewsblog.wordpress.com)
- International Women’s Day is just around the corner! (youngwomenmisbehavin.com)
- Cause Shopping Engine nonprofitshoppingmall.com Launches Dedicated Webpages in Support of International Women’s Day (prweb.com)
- Hundreds march for International Women’s Day (mysanantonio.com)
- Celebrating 8 MARCH Women’s International Day! (musiclivepromotion.wordpress.com)
- Celebrate International Women’s Day at Olympic Cellars (olympiccellars.blogspot.com)
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