You have probably heard its international woman’s day today, and it’s important to use it to promote womans health and wellbeing especially now where it is becoming increasingly hard to be celebrated as a woman.
It all started with the Socialist party of America. They celebrated the first national womans day in New York. Woman were fighting for better working conditions and for an increase in wages. It’s strange how we are still fighting this battle today. Then in 1910, Clara Zetkin womans rights advocate proposed the idea of a global international day.
The first international womans day started on March 1911, there was more than a million woman who took part from Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland but it took until 1975 before the United Nations to not only recognize it but to celebrate “Woman”.
The symbol for it is the female gender symbol with the colours purple, green and white.
Purple is for dignity and justice; green is for hope and white is for purity. The colours originated from the womans socialist and political union in the Uk in 1908.
There is a day’s theme every year since 1996, the theme that year was “celebrating the past, planning the future” and last year it was highlighting gender bias. This year it is #embraceequality
Embracing equality for menopausal woman needs more focus, I know that is hard because unless you are a WOMAN who has or is going through menopause it can be hard to understand never mind explain to others, we need to come together and keep raising awareness, keep sharing our stories and keep supporting each other.
Use today to support womanity could just be a quick hi or a hug, give her a shout out online or take a friend or colleague for coffee.
We also should take this time to stop judging “her”, until you have walked in “her” shoes, you don’t know what she has had to deal with or what she is going through right now just like others don’t know what you are going through.
We were taught to put a brave face on and smile, that smile can hide so much pain and suffering and we just don’t see it. Instead, let’s s just be a trusted confidante or someone who offers a helping hand to ease some of the pressure because let’s face it, we are living in a crazy world with so much confusion and people don’t seem to care as much. I find that sad.
Meriela Dabbah who is the founder of #theredshoemovement a movement that helps others learn from each other said “Woman who support another woman is confident, generous and visionaries.”. I love that and that’s my aim, so if I can support you let me know.
Some ways we can help each other.
- Learn more about symptoms
- Keep talking
- Dont have expectations
- Give a complement to show her she is still fabulous
- Dont feel guilty
- Dont doubt her experience.
- Be supportive and kind to others and to yourself.
If you haven’t yet, come and join us in the high vibe menopause cafe.
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Have a wonderful International Womans day, as always I am sending you love and support.
What’s one thing you are going to do today to support yourself and other women?
Hit reply and let me know.
Helena
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