Pres. Trump Tweets Support for Women on Intl Women’s Day

And Jody Ellenby, a teacher on strike, donned red from head to toe Wednesday as she joined a slew of protests for the national “Day Without A Woman” action.

I’m not striking. Here’s why.

“I need to get paid so I am going to work today”, said Eckl, who works for the Smithsonian channel. So, unfortunately, the only person who’d really feel the financial fallout of me taking the day off is me.

“The whole push for today is making a point of women’s role in the economy”, Raskin said.

“Today, we will acknowledge and appraise progress made in Scotland, and we will reflect on the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead; most of all, I hope that we will all increase our resolve to act on advancing women’s equality both at home and overseas”.

Women of color earn even less than white women, earning 65 cents on the dollar versus white men, and some organizations estimate that women will not receive equal pay until 2059.

Nour, who for a short time lived in Saudi Arabia, was also inspired to design her illustrations after seeing the “struggles” faced by women in the middle east. The grandmother who’s working two jobs because she’s raising her grandchildren.

Producer/actress Puan Sri Tiara Jacquelina, CIMB Investment Bank CEO Datuk Swee Ling, wellness site PurelyB founder Jesrina Arshad, Women:Girls NGO director Low Ngai Yuen and Caring Moms co-founder Major Shera Ann Bosco will also be speaking on the day.

“I$3 n contrast to the great marches of the past, A Day Without Women is protesting against something that simply isn’t true – that the overwhelming majority of men simply don’t value women in society”.

“I also try to remind friends that International Women’s Day is just one day of the year”, says Powell.

Ortega hopes more women look for opportunities to fight oppression locally and not only at large-scale events like the International Women’s Day rally. The state that wins no wars shows masculinity against defenseless NGOs, calling them agents of foreign powers set to destroy Pakistan’s pristine culture.

It comes on the back of WES research into female entrepreneurship, finding that about 80 per cent of respondents say business advice services should be more aware of differences in support needs between men and women.

In Boston, a downtown demonstration will protest the gender wage gap, in support of working women.

On image which pictured a diverse group of women all dressed as superheros said: “We Are All Wonder Women”. But she can’t, she explains.