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# International women's day
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/international-womens-day/
- Published: 2007-03-08T16:03:14.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:35:56.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:23

As Solana pointed out in our [Women UNlimited](http://statusofwomen.wordpress.com/?ref=opendemocracy.net) blog, today is [International Women's Day](http://www.internationalwomensday.com/?ref=opendemocracy.net), first recognized by the UN in the 70s as a day to commemorate women's rights. And while I am always feeling a little dubious about such events (does it mean that the 364 remaining days are men's? Should I feel contempt and satisfied with having "one day" a year set apart to celebrate 52 percent of the world's population?), [some news](http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070308-083545-9743r&ref=opendemocracy.net) can certainly nuance what good is associated with the 8th of March:

*A court in the mainly Kurdish southeast of Turkey Thursday charged 92 women over a demonstration to mark International Women's Day that saw them shouting slogans in favor of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, a court official said.*

Today is also [Blog Against Sexism day](http://takingplace.org/blog-against-sexism-day/?ref=opendemocracy.net), illustrated with entries from hundreds of blogs and amongst them this great post on [Pandagon](http://pandagon.net/2007/03/08/blog-against-sexism-day-2/?ref=opendemocracy.net).