Happy Women’s Day!

Happy Women’s Day to all the wonderful ladies out there! Now, that women day has just passed, we all experienced the whole mega-celebration for the women we are! Few stores gave free vouchers/coupons, few gave free drinks and few gave one free lunch with four. Many companies gave flowers and gifts to the female employees and celebrated their womanhood.

There were many commercials which celebrated women in the most beautiful way. Few inspired us to take out time for ourselves; few captured how much work we put in everyday, in the best possible way. All were done marvelously! It made us, all women feel, that we truly are super-powered-women in our own ways.

Let’s get to the history of Women’s day celebration? Seeing all the arrangements made and the entire celebration, I felt the whole purpose of the day was lost!

The original aim of celebrating this day was – to achieve full gender equality for women of the world. Sadly, we talk about the gender equality but when it comes to pay-gaps, education, health and safety, there is a huge gap to be filled.

In education, according to National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) June 2015, shows the following:

Considering the gender pay gap in India, a new report shows the figure stands as high as 27%. The median gross hourly salary for both genders is as follows:

Considering crime against women in India, it is said that crime against women is reported every two minutes.

Not one day, but women have to fight for these three basic things every day. Of course, everything which has been celebrated is true, but we need to look beyond it and address the major issues too!