Celebrating The International Women’s Day – “Let me remind all women that we live longer and better lives when we have sisters we love, not necessarily born in our bloodline or of our race.” – Maya Angelou
The International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March, started as a strategy to promote equal rights, including suffrage for women. It seems appropriate that in this day when we celebrate womanhood to remember the eternal words of the ever-inspiring Maya Angelou. While researching the history of this date, I discovered that the Appenzell Innerrhoden (Swiss canton) was forced to accept women’s suffrage by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland in 1991 (yes, 1991). I also want to share one of the most inspiring videos I have ever watched, the Australian prime minister Julia Gillard attacking the opposition leader, Tony Abbott, calling him a misogynist and …