{"id":15698,"date":"2024-03-12T10:58:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T10:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/?p=15698"},"modified":"2024-03-12T11:04:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:04:21","slug":"international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is surely a well known fact that the female population encompasses half of the world\u2019s population,<br>or probably more if we were to statistically analyse at a very minute scale, and we all wish for a<br>harmonious society that allows a safe, healthy and balanced system for everyone to live in. To<br>elaborate further onto the point, a much more accurate way of describing balance is the substantial<br>existence of all genders propels harmony that ultimately determine a smooth functioning of<br>humanity at large and at a global level. The International Women\u2019s day is a celebration of women and<br>their vehement efforts and their invaluable contributions towards the advancement and<br>development in the betterment and improvement of the world at large. First celebrated on 19th<br>march,1911, this extraordinary day sheds light upon various issues that are detrimental for women\u2019s<br>overall growth and survival such as gender inequality, violence, abuse, and nullifying reproductive<br>rights that curtails women from exercising their essential rights and freedom.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_77 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/international-womens-day\/#This_Years_Theme\" >This Year\u2019s Theme<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/international-womens-day\/#Disparities_between_Ambition_and_Reality\" >Disparities between Ambition and Reality<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/international-womens-day\/#Superficial_and_confused_narratives_of_empowerment\" >Superficial and confused narratives of empowerment<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/international-womens-day\/#So_what_is_empowerment_really\" >So what is empowerment really?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_Years_Theme\"><\/span>This Year\u2019s Theme<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>International women\u2019s day, ever since its inception, customarily imbibes a very special and unique<br>theme every year which solicits the welfare of women and aims at creating and solidifying a much<br>more unified and equitable space for women to live in. This year\u2019s theme was; \u201cInvest in women:<br>accelerate progress\u201d, as designated by the United Nations. This theme aims towards recognising and<br>understanding the urgency that demands immediate attention towards addressing the pertinent<br>issues and challenges , which have always been a central element in creating negative and<br>detrimental outcomes such as gender inequality,etc. in varied sectors, since times immemorial. This<br>year\u2019s theme, furthermore, shifts its focus to addressing economic disempowerment, which has<br>been backed by the central campaign theme of the year: \u201cInspire Inclusion\u201d<br>With a very strong emphasis on inclusivity, this year\u2019s theme caters to combat poverty and financial<br>inequality which serves as hindrances for numerous women across all countries that limits them<br>from realising their full potential in all possible realms and areas. Furthermore, this year\u2019s campaign<br>aims to lay emphasis on recognising the importance of diversity and imbibing empowerment in<br>various spheres of society, highlighting the fundamental role of inculcating inclusivity in solidifying<br>improving and advancing gender equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disparities_between_Ambition_and_Reality\"><\/span>Disparities between Ambition and Reality<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though we have witnessed huge advances in terms of technological advances, growth and<br>development amidst various sectors, yet still, unfortunately , we are very much encountering<br>disparities amongst genders across workspaces, domestic spheres and elsewhere. It would be wrong<br>to claim that nothing has been accomplished so far, but evidentially we still haven\u2019t achieved our<br>desired results that promises an absolute certainty of gender equality. The fact that we still need to<br>thematise \u201cinvest\u201d , to urge people to invest towards women, still speaks volumes about the<br>vehement gaps that underlie the reality where we went wrong. A huge number of women are still<br>very much a prey of adversity that does not allow them to get educated, pursue higher education<br>and even limits them from opting to work after marriage , with additional violence and harassment<br>inflicted upon them.<br>But to look at the bright side, women have in fact achieved greatest accomplishments in numerous<br>fields and sectors and are making solid progress everyday, thus combatting their limitations, one day<br>at a time. With women making headlines everywhere our country now has numerous women at<br>positions of supreme power and authority who continue to influence and inspire several generations<br>of women and inculcate rays of hope towards all those downtrodden to overcome any adversity,<br>come what may. To name a few, we have President- Draupadi Murmu, Finance Minister- Nirmala<br>Sitaraman, Women and Child Development minister- Smriti Irani, and many others who prove<br>themselves everyday that power and authority knows no gender, but relies on reliable and honest<br>leadership qualities in individuals. These are just a few examples from the ocean of accolades that<br>have been made by the magnificent and powerful women. Women in all their power and glory are<br>deserving of much more recognition and respect than what they are given for, who pave the pathway<br>for more inspiring women to succeed in their careers and fulfil their goals and aspirations. A lot of<br>women are also achieving accolades in their everyday and ordinary lives, who probably do not make<br>any news headlines, but , nonetheless are still achieving their moments of success and glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Superficial_and_confused_narratives_of_empowerment\"><\/span>Superficial and confused narratives of empowerment<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With the advent of numerous organisations and institutions that claim to work towards the<br>betterment and welfare of women, there has been a drastic and pertinent narrative in circulation of<br>the collective conscious that centralises upon the varied multifaceted understandings of<br>\u2018empowerment\u2019, however this understanding profusely contradicts the reality and expresses<br>sublimity of confusion. For instance, the government seems to understand the concept of<br>empowerment through providing subsidies on LPG cylinders and curating advertisements that<br>showcases a specific brand of dishwashing detergent-cum-soap brand that makes heavy claims of<br>completing household chores, such as washing utensils, at half the time so that women can use the<br>free time to use it for their own personal recreation or other purposes. The very fact that the<br>narrative still persists which tends to confine women into their domestic spheres, provided with<br>certain minute changes and discounts, encapsulates as \u2018empowerment\u2019 is comical and absolutely<br>baffling. This is very much in context with the recent strategy implemented by the prime minister,<br>who thought it to be befitting to introduce a subsidised price of LPG gas cylinders to \u20b9100 in the<br>name of imbibing empowerment does not however serves any meaning coming from the head of the<br>state, who should have known better and executed his agendas better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_what_is_empowerment_really\"><\/span>So what is empowerment really?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Empowerment in its most accurate form means an equal space, that ensures safety, economic<br>stability, absolute freedom, complete recurrence of equality in all senses, healthcare choices, agency,<br>a platform to exercise their economic, fundamental, political rights and assistance to alter delimiting<br>stereotypes and discriminatory practices and discourses of oppression. Empowerment can only be<br>achieved with the implementation of a holistic approach that addresses and aims to combat the root<br>causes of all the factors that contributes towards gender inequality and should aim at inculcating a<br>much more inclusive space for women to strive in, not simply for their sake, but for the progress and<br>development of the world, altogether<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is surely a well known fact that the female population encompasses half of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15699,"href":"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15698\/revisions\/15699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.borthakursiasacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}