Open letter for International Women's Right Day
As usual, *capitalism*, a wide range of commercial offers are on display (perfume promotions, flowers, gift sets and more) for “Women's Day”. What does this day, March 08th, actually mean?
Celebrating March 08th means supporting all initiatives that contribute to the advancement of women's rights at all levels. This includes initiatives that contribute to women's access to healthcare, access to Education, fight against poverty, the right to Security, to name but a few. Current events, often gloomy, remind us just how far we still have to go. Nevertheless, everyone, Men and Women, can take action. What can we do ?
- Encourage initiatives that inspire women in their personal development,
- Support associations that help improve access to healthcare (physical health and mental health),
- Educate ourselves about the challenges and discrimination facing all women. Feminicide, sexual violence, economic violence, emotional labor, abuse of all kinds.
– Take action contribute to reducing inequalities.
Here are a few initiatives
I'd like to take this opportunity to highlight a few of these associations:
SciGi – Science for Girls: organization promoting Women in Science, to encourage young girls to take up careers in Science. SciGi organizes meetings with middle and high school girls, students as well, in order to demystify the scientific professions. They also run a blog featuring interviews, job descriptions and other interesting information (as a biologist myself, this organization is a gem <3).Find them on social media IG: @scigi_blog, FB: @SciencesforGirls and LinkedIn).
Naître En Rosean association working in Cameroon to help improve the quality and safety of health care provided to pregnant women through pregnancy monitoring and information to women, as well as training courses for nursing staff. You can follow them on IG @naitreenrose and on youtube-> promotional video of the latest crowdfunding campaign.
DEMA1N.org: an organization that brings together mentors (working professionals) and students (all, not just young women). The system provides young students with voluntary support for their career paths, and answers their questions.
The final word ?
As we say back home, “I too, am someone's child”. So ladies, don't forget that before you're «someone's someone” (someone's daughter.., someone's wife .., someone's sister .., someone's mother..), you too are a ‘someone’. Meaning, please take care of yourself and (re)-learn to prioritize your own well-being and your dreams/projects..
To all, Have a Good Celebration
