March 8

My Day – March 8

By: Yoko Ramos

Women all around the world will celebrate an important occasion, that is, HER day – Women’s Day – which is on March 8.

History tells us that women before were treated differently in the early times – generations of women suffered but a lot fought back. A Greek Lysistrata was the first woman to stand up for her belief to end a war. She started a sexual strike against the men to pressure them to end the war. The French women in the 1800s rallied to have the right to vote. Women stayed in the house and were not allowed to have an education -- were not even allowed to wear pants.

Fast forward to present, and here we are today, the generation of iPods and iphone, facebook and twitter, enjoying the freedom, the choices around, and the rights equal to that of men. But there are still women trapped in their culture – and this is changing.

This is the world now. Yearly, we commemorate the struggle of women to have this equal right with men. We are lucky. I am lucky – for I am a wife, mother, and friend. I am a WOMAN.

Cheers to all women!