Women's Day 2018: What Indian women are thinking and saying today on Twitter
#PressForProgress is the theme of this year's celebration
On the occasion of International Women's Day, the social media has been flooded with campaigns aimed at empowering women. Google India launched #HerStoryOurStory. Twitter India also came up with Hindi hashtags on this occasion. While the day has been observed since the '90s, socialist and communist countries celebrated the day long before the UN adopted it in 1977. The United Nations decides a theme every year. This year, the theme is #PressforProgress.
Many women, however, do not approve of a single day for the cause of women empowerment. Here's what Indian women think of the day.
No equal world
I don’t think I agree wit the concept of Women’s day or any ‘day’ for that matter ???? we will never live in an ‘equal’ world if we need an actual day to feel special and appreciated!As far as I am concerned everyday is a Women’s Day,let’s go conquer the world everyday ladies❤️
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) March 8, 2018
Don't give up
Every step makes a difference when you believe in something strongly and do your bit. It might not show immediately but the results do create a ripple and an impact. To all the women fighting for what they believe in, don't give up !! Happy #WomensDay ????✨????
— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) March 8, 2018
Good men exist
This #womensday let’s believe in our power of being a WOMAN anddo not forget that men like my dad exist who paved my path to who I am today since I was this small!! #HAPPYWOMENSDAY #proudtobeawoman ???????????? pic.twitter.com/oI6QHsU3xy
— Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) March 8, 2018
Take a step back
if ur first reaction to a young woman's success is to outline the ways she doesn't deserve it, take a step back and reevaluate ur own inabilities to raise yourself up.
— Harnidh Kaur (@PedestrianPoet) March 8, 2018
More women in Parliament
On #InternationalWomenDay I hope we as a nation pledge to make women equal partners in society in word n deed. We need to see more women in parliament, academia n industry
— Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (@kiranshaw) March 8, 2018
Want no part of it
So tired of being asked to produce pretty sound bytes for #WomensDay2018 Here’s a tidy little byte for you: I think setting aside one day out of 365 to ‘celebrate’ women is a farce. And I want no part of it!
— Seema Goswami (@seemagoswami) March 7, 2018
All people's day
I dream of a day when children ask 'why did you dedicate a single day to women'? A day our incremental gains and setbacks turn into a tidal wave of justice. So that everyday is women's day, all people's day. #WomensDay2018
— Karuna Nundy (@karunanundy) March 7, 2018
A day to revive self-belief
#NariShakti ... good wishes on women's day.. a day to revive our self belief and celebrate our womanhood by becoming an integral part of the growth of our family society and nation @MinistryWCD @Manekagandhibjp pic.twitter.com/3MxoZIcqpX
— Deepa Malik (@DeepaAthlete) March 7, 2018
Is the idea misled?
The idea is not to highlight gender but to move away from the thinking that gender is a boundary at all. #WomensDay
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) March 8, 2018
Be unstoppable
Happy International Women's day to all the women who are pushing the boundaries that the society has set for them! Be unstoppable! #WomensDay pic.twitter.com/zouGhwExMV
— Dipa Karmakar (@DipaKarmakar) March 8, 2018