International Women's day commemorations...

Today Google acknowledges International Women's day

In case you didn't already know, today as in March 8th is International Women's day. It is a day that commemorates and encourages worldwide discrimination against women to end.

This year in New Zealand, we celebrate 125 years since women were given the opportunity to vote alongside their male counterparts.

In fact, New Zealand was the first country in the world to officially allow women the right to vote. This was years before America or even Britain gave women the freedom to vote as they were still treated in many respects as second class citizens, the weaker sex with sexism in society accepted as the norm.

This is no longer the case with many movements that now uphold the right for women to no longer be marginalized in politics, workplaces, education, health, and in domestic violence in homes etc. which for years was sanctioned as the norm.

There are still many hate crimes against women but it is no longer being tolerated as a norm, as there are now higher standards expected within the workplace i.e. anti sexual harrassment laws, anti domestic violence in homes and no longer the acceptance of women as being second class citizens.

Truly something worth commemorating as we have come a long way but there is still a long way to go. So don't forget to do something special for that special woman/women in your life who give so much, and ask for so little so that you can do something big in your life. Have a blessed Sunday...