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March 9, 2022
Talk of the Town on International Women’s Day Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent
International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on March 8. It is a day where people recognize the valuable contributions which women have made in the cultural, political and socio-economic areas around the world. The theme for 2022 is: Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow. When I asked residents of Vegreville and area why they felt it was important to celebrate this day, I received the following replies. Tracy Laschowski Semeniuk said International Women’s Day is a day to really reflect on all the inspiring women in our lives and beyond. “I think it is important to recognize the progress that has been made towards gender equality. It’s an opportunity to celebrate the many achievements that women made. It is also a good reminder to recognize that there is still work to be done in achieving gender equality. With that, work comes acknowledging some of our own gender bias and how we can work toward minimizing it in our
everyday lives. Rhonda Manz said she feels Women’s Day is important, not only to recognize the contributions women have made socially, economically, culturally, and politically, but also to highlight the lack of inequality women still face. “It seems wrong to still be talking about equal rights in 2022 yet here we are. Globally, girls are still being forced to marry against their will, still aren’t afforded the right to have an education. Seventy-two countries still don’t allow women to open bank accounts. Until these women see equality, we still have much work to do,” said Manz. From a male’s perspective, Bryan Butler said something to focus on is a quote, “A significant disparity exists between the number of women working and owning Africa’s land. Only 15 percent of all landholders in sub-Saharan Africa are women, but 80 percent of the food produced in Africa is grown by women. Women also make up 74 percent of all workers in sub-Saharan Africa’s informal economy.”
Bryan went on to say in history we have rarely seen children sent to kill each other by women. That has been the choice of men like Putin, Hitler, Stalin, and other men. One of the troubling pieces of evidence of the need for greater recognition of women has been the refusal to grant women’s identity in many cultures. I have a cookbook which my mother helped compile (I was commandeered to help sort pages and more on the kitchen table.) This cookbook was published in the 60’s. Virtually all of the women contributing recipes had no identity. They were known only by their husband’s name. In Africa, women are known and valued for the children they bear. Again, she has no name of her own. It troubles me to see the regression in the recognition of women taking place in our current society. The lack of affordable child care, the paucity of minimum wage levels, and the disinterest in low-cost housing are all indications of a lack of respect for women.”
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