UNBC faculty and students speak on importance of International Women’s Day

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“We need to remember as well that International Women’s Day is not just referring to women of a white background or the particularly privileged classes. There’s also the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and two spirit peoples that we need to consider in the picture because this is a neglected people group and our demographic needs advocacy and support,” Brown said.

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While International Women’s Day is an all encompassing day for women around the world, Farhan says it’s important to to classify all women as the same.

“I think that lumping (all women as the same) is also dangerous because it allows us to ignore some of the challenges that are happening across the world, including, regrettably, the gender based violence going on in the Congo for resource extraction, the famine going on in Sudan, the crisis going on in Gaza. So all of these things have to be contemplated upon and this important day, while at the same time we can continue to work together to advance women’s rights globally,” Farhan said.

While it’s a day to recognize and advocate for women’s right, Brown concluded by adding it’s also nice to take time to recognize the women who have made a difference, and the strong women in our communities.

“It’s not just about advocating and fighting for our rights that we’re rightfully entitled to, it’s also about celebrating everything that women bring because we’re one half of the population. So as much as there’s hard work to do and it’s a very serious matter, also, let’s celebrate ourselves, and for the women in your life, celebrate them, too,” Brown said.

International Women’s Day began in 1977 when the United Nations officially recognized the importance of celebrating women in our community.

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