International Women's Day is celebrated on 8 March each year. The Spanish Red Cross
youth is participating in the commemoration of this day, focusing
on gender equality and women’s rights. They are addressing
a field where differences between men and women exist despite
of legal and social progress in recent years, namely the
right to work.
To bring attention to this issue, Spanish Red Cross youth volunteers
are distributing more than 30,000 posters with the slogan “A
WOMAN WORKS HERE” all around Spain. They are inviting
women to participate in their campaign by hanging the posters
in their work places. Women working at home are encouraged to
hang the poster in their house. Housework is not viewed in the
same way as other work by the laws or by society, but those
working at home are also contributing to society.
Furthermore, the Spanish Red Cross youth focus on the labour
market, as the situation of women is still disadvantaged to
men in all countries of the European Union.
The International Women’s Day is an annual opportunity for
Spanish Red Cross, as well as for many other organizations,
to reflect on the progress made regarding women’s rights
and to demand further changes and development. It is also a
day to commemorate the courage of women who have contributed
to development throughout the history of women’s rights!
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