THE ONE WITH INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY 2018

This one is for you too men.

"Who Runs The World?" GIRLS.

Across the world today women are celebrating being women, and rightly so. Fixing each others crowns instead of knocking them off, all of it. But it is not a day of celebrating a supposedly superior race, it is the one day a year of recognising women's successes and of realising gender imbalances internationally.

A dictionary states that a "feminist" is simply someone who supports feminism.

So, What is "Feminism"?

Feminism is anything to do with women. It is ok to say you're a feminist. We all should be. It doesn't mean you   must be an intense support, free the nip type of girl nor does it mean we are sexist to men, it solely means   noticing your place in the world, realising where you stand and the rights that  stand by you. I am a feminist. One who realises there must be change. It is not officially stated anywhere which gender is superior. And neither should it be. Being feminist does not mean women are better than men, it is defined by individual ideas. For me, a feminist fights for gender equality. Simple. Although we have more now than we have had in the last century, 100 years since the first female vote success, there is still more and more to fight for. It is simple facts and figures.

Worldwide, the female gender is extremely under represented. Only 22 women represent a head of state out of 197 leaders, meaning 89% of countries in the world are led by men. Female positions in leadership roles are highly marginalised and the problem of the glass ceiling is ever growing, a term used to describe the limit of progression in professions. The fact is these are the people that run our world. And women, we are highly underrepresented.   

If Beyoncé taught us anything, it's who runs the world?

For me, I am lucky to have both inspirational women, as well as men. From a young age I have never felt that girls are not the same as boys. I have been taught since I was a girl that the most important thing I can do is fend for myself, earn my own money, find my own happiness, and everything else will come along. My mother taught me that.

I was always told that if you find something you love you will never have to work a day in your life. And my father taught me that.

So, to women and girls all around the world. It does not matter who influences you, male or female, the one thing we all need to know is where we stand, and what we stand for. Celebrate the women, and men, who support and raise you as a person.

Love,

Róisín. 

8 MARCH 2018.