2015 International Women's day

Every year on 9 August a public holiday is observed for Women’s Day in South Africa,a public holiday that celebrates the women who fought tirelessly against the tyranny of the Apartheid government. All around the world,the 8th of March marked the celebration of International Women's Day. An opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women while calling for greater equality world wide.In 1909, the Socialist Party of America organized a New York City march commemorating a garment workers’ strike the previous year. The party called it National Women’s Day, and women organized by the group demonstrated for better pay and working conditions, as well as the right to vote, according to the International Women's Day website.

International Women's Day theme was "Make it Happen" while across countries some nations had they own theme just to fit to the context their live in.In Zimbabwe the theme was " Linking women to markets: Changing Face of Development through Zim Asset." When i was growing up i knew a little about the day, it was just like any other day until i grew up to be a women myself and not forgetting the reading of books and updates from the media enabled me to extensively widen my knowledge about this day. Not only is the International Women's Day a celebration of being a woman but it embraces more like the struggle of women to be recognized in a patriarchal society and marking the economic, political and social achievements of women.

Women celebrating on international women's day
(pic taken from oncekids.BlogSpot.com)

Today am more interested with the words embraced in the reason for International Women's Day celebration that is achieving socially,economical and political as a woman. In societies we live in we see achievement as being associated with wealth and sometimes we get demoralized in the process if we fail forgetting somehow we still achieved and we can still push for a better dream.. The aim of international women's day come in to tackle issues we have had concerning achieving as a women. As much as you have walked a journey of a woman you have achieved one of the three aspects and never look that woman in you down,she has natured a lot of things,went through a lot just to make things happen for her and her family and those around her.

 Achievement is something that has been done through effort.It is a result of hard work.So if you feel like you have worked hard,you have made it.As a women today mediate on the success you have made not economical but social or political and that way you will feel the importance of a women.You have made it happen and will always make it happen.