{"id":1057,"date":"2019-03-08T12:58:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T11:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boell.com\/en\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2020-01-27T16:18:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T15:18:00","slug":"iwd2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boell.com\/en\/blog\/iwd2019\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women\u00b4s Day is a new holiday in Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Irmhild\u00a0So, we have a new \u201cofficial public holiday\u201d in Berlin. The 8th of March – #IWD2019. A few months ago, the Senate of Berlin chose to use \u201cInternational Women\u00b4s Day \/ IWD<\/a>\u201d for the one new holiday, it was planning to introduce, in order to have a similar amount of free days like other German states (Bavaria used to have 3 more work free days than Berlin). Of course, there have been all kinds of discussions and many arguments against it, but I think, it was a good decision. As long, as the majority of the worlds population has still to fight for equal rights or is suppressed in traditions, cultures and\/ or countries – so long the elevation form a simple \u201cinternational day\u201d to a \u201cpublic holiday\u201d makes sense.<\/p>\n

Of course, it is not only this day, that we should think and be aware. If you only think of your mother on mothers day, you do NOT respect and honour your mother in the right way. Similar, If you only mention achievements or the plight of women on March 8th, it may be lip service or a marketing strategy. Furthermore, if you only talk about \u201cmothers\u201d on women\u00b4s day, you fail to understand what it is all about.<\/p>\n