Rubén Dao said that without women life is pure prose, however we are more than poetry, without us the world would be stopped, why we are everywhere, bringing life, creating, producing, driving, drying tears, breastfeeding, inspiring, cleaning, saving lives, innovating . . . All this must be remembered on Women’s Day.
“Without us, would the world stop?”, It is the motto chosen to celebrate one more year of this March 8. Now, more than ever, there is an expectation of conscience and a perpetuation of this echo that can no longer be stopped and that appeared a few months ago with the movement “MeToo”. Women wage their personal battles on the streets, on social media and in any scenario where they claim their rights, denounce inequalities and demand the need to move forward in every possible area.
- Earlier this year.
- Frances McDormand gave us an emotional speech after winning her Oscar.
- Reminding us that women have a lot to say.
- Actresses.
- Producers.
- Screenwriters.
- All have fabulous projects in mind.
- But it’s not common for a woman’s ideas The world still has its standard.
- Masculine measure.
- And we’ve become so accustomed to it that we barely conceived another possibility.
- Another look capable of offering us exceptional things.
However, we are waiting for opportunities, competent but unable to stand out as much as we would like, educate, produce, develop projects and remain an integral part of this engine that moves the world, but holding our breath in the face of a pay gap, in front of a glass ceiling, almost in methacrylate, and in front of a society that still bears the weight of a fiercely patriarchal past.
The motto is not new. The message that without women the world would remain motionless first appeared on October 24, 1976 in Iceland, was a historic moment, a memorable date and a turning point for Iceland, which now leads the way in terms of gender equality. , just a few months ago, passed a law requiring the law to protect equal pay between men and women.
However, everything was born on this date in 1975 when 90% of Icelandic women simply decided not to go to work or engage in another activity: household chores, caring for dependent children or parents, studying at colleges and universities?More than 25,000 women came to a square in Reykjavik to claim their rights. Five years later, the country elected the first president: Vigdis Finnbogadottir.
Forty-three years after that date, and taking advantage of Women’s Day, we seek to renew the same mobilization, all women are expected to support work stoppage, stop consumption, avoid care and attention, and the student world will also participate in The Demonstration. The world of 8 March should be a little quieter, a little more orphaned without the female presence in its usual settings, but in turn you will be forced to listen to their voices, their demands.
Women’s Day and its mobilizations aim to make discrimination visible in four very specific sectors, which are:
One aspect we should consider about Women’s Day is that not all of these claims are unique to the female gender. Anyone, regardless of gender, has the right to participate in today’s mobilizations.
Therefore, let us not neglect the role of women in our society. Because our mothers and grandparents deserve us to get on with what they started. They, who cleared the path of stones by bending their elbows and back without complaining for a single day, allowed us to move forward more comfortably, always being involved and inspired by their work.
Nor can we forget the future generations, these children and the future they deserve, so we will work for a glass homeless world, remembering that we must also free ourselves from our land, realizing that we can and deserve to realize our dreams.