Women’s Day Celebration 2012
Women’s Day Celebration 2012 was the event organized by National Service Scheme(NSS) wing of Government Thirumagal Mills College, Gudiyattam, where the founder of , Mr. Dinesh Gajendran was invited as a Guest of Honour on March8, 2012, Thursday. He was honored by the Principal of GTM college and he addressed Mr. Dinesh Gajendaran. The chief guest of the celebration gave the speech about the importance of women’s day celebration and also inspired them by giving motivational speech on women’s day. The students of GTM College received the prize from Mr. Dinesh Gajendran for various competition held on behave of Women’s day celebration. All the National Service Scheme (NSS) Girls participated enthusiastically and felt proud to be a women. (ADF) a youth led and youth focused social organization which concentrates on the development of the youth sector in the theme “Develop Youth for Development”. It is founded by Mr. Dinesh Gajendran, catalyst executive Director of Audacious Dreams Foundation. He is an MBA graduate in 2011 is widely popular in delivering youth development and life skills projects to rural areas in and around Vellore. The objective is to support the less privileged children in education, women empowerment, empowering the young people in rural areas. The foundation also provides training and development programme for the school dropout women’s and also providing the employment for the trained women’s in various sectors.
About International Women’s Day
The first international Women’s day was celebrated back in the 1908 when a group of 15,000 women marched on the streets of New York, demanding their rights. Since then every year on 8th March the world joins hands together to support, raise, inspire and motivate women across all fields of work. The purpose of this day is to focus on various themes such as innovation, the portrayal of women in the media, or the importance of education and career opportunities. March 8th is a holiday in many countries, while others celebrate it by holding street marches, debates discussions and through a variety of other programmes. No one government, NGO, charity, corporation, academic institution, women’s network or media hub is solely responsible for International Women’s Day. Many organizations declare an annual IWD theme that supports their specific agenda or cause, and some of these are adopted more widely with relevance than others.
The world has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women’s and society’s thoughts about women’s equality and emancipation. Many from a younger generation may feel that ‘all the battles have been won for women’ while many feminists from the 1970’s know only too well the longevity and ingrained complexity of patriarchy. With more women in the boardroom, greater equality in legislative rights, and an increased critical mass of women’s visibility as impressive role models in every aspect of life, one could think that women have gained true equality. The unfortunate fact is that women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women’s education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men. However, great improvements have been made. We do have female astronauts and prime ministers, school girls are welcomed into university, women can work and have a family, women have real choices. And so each year the world inspires women and celebrates their achievements. IWD is an official holiday in many countries including Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (for women only), Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women only), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal (for women only), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zambia. The tradition sees men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc with flowers and small gifts. In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother’s Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers.
So make a difference, think globally and act locally!
Make everyday International Women’s Day.
For reference:
https://www.internationalwomensday.com/About
http://www.womensdaycelebration.com/international-womens-day.html
