What it’s about
Historically, women have often been held back or treated unfairly. International Women’s Day isn’t about asserting the superiority of one gender over the other, or petty quarrels over who does the dishes after dinner. It celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, and calls for action on gender equality. The United Nations began celebrating it in 1975.
How it started
International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on 8 March. Its roots go back to the United States, where the first National Woman’s Day was held on 28 February 1909. This inspired the 1910 International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen to call for an International Women’s Day, and the first was held on 19 March 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.
Food for thought
“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.” (attributed to Timothy Leary)
“The fastest way to change society is to mobilise the women of the world.” (Charles Malik)
Imagine how much power we have to change the world through cooking for our families and ourselves, and through the food we choose to buy.
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