Time for Canada to declare International Women’s Day official holiday
Ellen Woodsworth – Vancouver Observer – Tuesday, 06 March 2012 (originally published 02 Mar)
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March 8 is creeping nearer, and with that comes International Women’s Day. All over the world, women and their friends will celebrate this amazing day (you can find information on Vancouver’s festivities, here). Where would you like to be, and how would you like to celebrate this powerful event?
First of all, do you know the origins of International Women’s Day? Did you know that while IWD is an official holiday in 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, it is not yet in Canada?
If you didn’t, here is a very brief synopsis of its herstory . . .
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