Empowerment and Culture related to Women in Brazil
Women in Brazil enjoy gifts and compliments, celebrate the day or are involved in activism on International women’s day, March 8. As a way of making women feel valued and appreciated, men are accustomed to saying, “parabéns!” (or congratulations!) to women. On this day, I often remember classmates gifting female teachers some chocolate or flowers, sent from their parents.
Of course, there are those people that post something on Facebook like, “I don’t know why there is this nonsense of Women’s Day?! Everyday is kid’s day, men’s day, women’s day, indigenous day… everyday is everyone’s day!” No, actually it is not. People from different socially constructed backgrounds are not treated equally in society. Inequalities exist regarding rights, opportunities and respect, especially when talking about gender. Most that fail to see and understand this are blinded by their privilege, oblivious or maybe even in denial.
International Women’s Day commemorates the movement towards equal rights for women. And it is IMPORTANT. Especially Brazil, a country with too many female homicide victims, needs attention directed to horrific issues and statistics pointing to injustice. Brazil, a country where the culture of “machismo”, a mixture between male domination and aggression, is still the norm – NEEDS International Women’s Day.
“On International Women’s Day, let us all pledge to do everything we can to overcome entrenched prejudice, support engagement and activism, and promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.” — UN Secretary-General, António Guterres
In Brazil people get involved… enjoy some pictures of women’s marches:
You don’t need to march but get involved too!
TheFOB supports women’s empowerment, safety and dignity. By purchasing products and works of art made by Brazilian female artists you are supporting an independent livelihood for a woman. Women artists have historically experienced grave disadvantages, read our other article about this and Guerrilla Girls here.
Help change inequality NOW! Shop for gorgeous and unique products from women in the developing world here. We think female artists in Brazil are incredible, we think you will too!
Feminism and International Women’s Day
Find out more about these important subjects at:
http://www.womensdaycelebration.com/blog/
https://www.internationalwomensday.com/
http://www.un.org/en/events/womensday/
http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/international-womens-day
