Celebrate International Women's Day
“Now, more than ever, we need to be vigilant to ensure that measures designed to promote gender equality are not cast aside under the excuse that ‘we can no longer afford them’. The simple truth is that we can no longer afford to exclude 50% of the world’s population from fully enjoying their economic, social, political and cultural rights.”- Chidi King, Public Services International's equality and trade union rights officer.
Commit yourself to gender equality. Here's a good place to start, donate $25 to a microfinance organization that provides small loans to women entrepreneurs around the world so they can build their own economic 'power'. Visit KIVA. A donation also makes a great gift - mother's day, father's day, graduation, birthday, etc. Or even an International Women's Day gift to a relative, friend or coworker!
Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen.org
