About a hundred years ago a revolution started, a "bread and roses" revolution that was moved and lead by some great and courageous women, a revolution that demanded women`s right to vote. What has happened since than?
Almost all of the women in the world can vote, some of the women can be elected and a very few are really in decision making cycles influential on our common reality and more important - our future.
What gender that future will have? Will it be "gender neutral" or marked by men as it used to be? It looks like that future is not what it used to be.
It looks like that politics as it used to be harms its own recourses, it does not deliver what was promised, it looks like that it is time for change. Refreshing winds of change can be made of women voices. Women speaking and men hearing and listening, that is the process ahead of the present time. What is the strength of our voice, what is the difference in the sound that we produce, where is the hope that our voice can make a difference? It is in our offer for what politics should be - politics is all about taking care of people, and that job is women`s job, because all our life is dedicated to others, we are raised up with skills to take care of others and that model of behavior should be introduced in public scene, in public affairs, in politics as a whole. We have to change present models of power in politics, we have to bear in our mind that we offer "sharing the responsibility, and not sharing the power as it is now". We do not want to wake up in hundred years from now and look in the same problems that we share nowadays, we do not want to see women underrepresented on the decision making places and societies frozen under male model of politics, model that is already half-dead because it does not give people vision and hope.
Equity.Human rigts.Women human rights. Justice. Fairness. Changing the model in which 20% of world population uses 80% of all the recourses. Millenium goals do not deliver results, deadline for delivering seems forgotten and that is why we need women action plan for the future. Future that would be "gender neutral".
2 comments:
You have my full support.I hope you can get as many people as you can to see your blog,because I think it is a beggining of a long fight for justice,of some way an revolution.I live in a shadow of a great women,who remindes me at you a lot.I really admire her,her will and strenght.I must say:never give up.I know for sure that your part in changing the world (actually,let's start with something smaller,you know:think global-act local) is big.On a second tought,I'm wrong.Not about your part in changes,but you should think global and act global,that is a higher goal and more chalenging.When I see how some women,people in general,of the world suffer,my problems become small,petty,almost invisible.When I see all the woe around the world,it makes me feel lucky,not happy,but lucky to have a family like I do,and to live in a country like I do..I feel sorry for them,but I feel safe and proud to see that there is someone who thinks,no wait,who KNOWS that she/he can make a difference.My country isn't that bad,and I'm proud of it,but when I see much more developt country (like Great Britan,France,Germany,not to mention USA),it makes me feel a little bit pathetic and sad. You know what they say:from good there is better,from bad there is worse But,I feel gratefull for not living in some Arabian country,southeast Asia or India where women have to wear veils,because it is in their religion.Okay,yes,it is in their religion,but did someone actually ask them what do they want to do?Are they comfortable wearing it?Does that make their communication harder?Do they feel ashamed? Womens rights aren't an issue only in Muslims countries,as many think.It has becomed a huge problem,and not many people are aware of it.Many just wave off with their hands saying:"What do women want allready!They can vote,what is that what they want?" Well,I KNOW that there is a lot of work to do.At some states,voting is considered a privilege.Today,women can vote in the countries of the Middle East where men can vote,except in Saudi Arabia.So,not all women can vote.But,it's not just the voting issue.There are lots of factors that afect women's rights.Women being abused,or just not being watched equaly as men.That is what hurts the most.I know just how lucky I am,so I did a little research and saw some of the information about women's rights.
At the end,I would like to say one more time that you have my support and I would leave this slogan of
the Decade of Women ( United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace) :
“Women do two-thirds of the world's work, receive 10 percent of the world's income and own 1 percent of the means of production.” ~Richard H. Robbins.
Best wishes,Mia ♥
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