{"id":3107,"date":"2021-03-08T16:59:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T21:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/?p=3107"},"modified":"2022-01-05T09:04:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:04:52","slug":"its-international-womens-day-heres-how-you-can-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/?p=3107","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day: Here&#8217;s how you can Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cOk Ladies let\u2019s get in formation!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/tenor.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3108\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In case you didn\u2019t know already, March is Women\u2019s History Month, and today is International Women\u2019s Day. Every year on March 8<sup>th<\/sup>, countries around the world gather to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women globally, and also to continue to advocate for women\u2019s rights. Women&#8217;s Day&nbsp;was first observed on March 19, 1911, in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, however, no one government or entity can take credit for this days\u2019 inception. The date was then moved to March 8<sup>th<\/sup> in 1913. The United Nations celebrated International Women\u2019s day for the first time in 1975, and introduced an annual theme in 1996. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cChoose to Challenge\u201d, and you can participate by striking the \u201cChoose to Challenge Pose\u201d (a raised hand), and posting it on social media with the hashtag #ChoosetoChallange\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t know about you, but for me, talk is cheap, so here are some other ways you can support women today, and every day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Pay us equally:<\/u><\/strong> \u201cIn&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/stories\/2020\/equal-pay.html\">2018<\/a>, a woman working full time earned 81.6 cents for every dollar a man working full time earned on average. Additionally, women&#8217;s median annual earnings were $9,766 less than men&#8217;s, according to the most recent available data from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/data.census.gov\/cedsci\/table?q=s2002&amp;tid=ACSST1Y2018.S2002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US Census Bureau<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Fortune article also noted that many women on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, such as nurses helping treat patients with the coronavirus or store workers keeping groceries and goods stocked, make less than men in the same occupation on average.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile progress has been made toward pay parity between the sexes, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/iwpr.org\/publications\/projected-year-wage-gap-will-close-state\/\">Institute for Women&#8217;s Policy Research<\/a>&nbsp;estimates that it will not be reached until 2059.\u201d In case you weren\u2019t counting, it\u2019ll be 38 more years until this gap is closed. Respectfully, that\u2019s ridiculous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Put us in Leadership Positions:<\/u><\/strong> \u201cWomen are just 5 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs\u2014down from a record high of 6 percent in 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Listen to us when it comes to our health:<\/u><\/strong> Women usually have longer Emergency Room wait times, and are more likely to be given less effective pain killers than men. If we are in pain, we aren\u2019t faking it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20180518-the-inequality-in-how-women-are-treated-for-pain\">Listen to us.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This international Women\u2019s Day, and every day, be mindful of the biases that you may have against women, and do something that will benefit the women in your life. What other ways can we help to close the women\u2019s equality gap? I\u2019d love to know in the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Candace Green is a Birmingham, Alabama transplant by way of Washington DC. 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