{"id":1465,"date":"2013-03-08T06:34:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T06:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=1465"},"modified":"2013-03-08T15:30:55","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T15:30:55","slug":"happy-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/?p=1465","title":{"rendered":"Happy International Women&#8217;s Day&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/International-women-s-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1466\" alt=\"International-women-s-day\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/International-women-s-day.jpg\" width=\"395\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/International-women-s-day.jpg 395w, https:\/\/www.stephaniedaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/International-women-s-day-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Today is International Women&#8217;s Day. International Women&#8217;s Day originated more than 100 years ago as a strategy to promote equal rights, including rights to vote, to hold public office, and to protest against employment sex&#8230;The theme is &#8220;A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women\u201d.Women, mothers, sisters, aunties, nieces, daughters, spreaders of joy, of beauty, I celebrate you. Women, too often silent victims plagued by disease, hunger, rapes, vesico vaginal fistula (VVF)\u00a0and female genital mutilation (FGM), I celebrate you.\u00a0I celebrate the women who wake up every morning with that bold determination to live and succeed. May you all flourish. Happy International Women\u2019s Day \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">xoxo<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">#SL<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 16px;\">PS- Culled from &#8216;allwomenstalk&#8217; Here are 7 things for women to do to celebrate today, see below<\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"yui_3_7_2_17_1362753058442_91\" style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>7 Ways to Celebrate International Women&#8217;s Day &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Ways to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day I\u2019m going to mention here are fun, exciting and something you absolutely must try before you decide to make celebrating Women\u2019s day one of those things you \u201cdon\u2019t have time for\u201d. It\u2019s our day, ladies, let\u2019s make it count! Find your perfect way to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day below and start enjoying this great holiday:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">1. <span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Family Get-Together<\/span> &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Blessed with a family full of amazing women yet in a bit of a time crunch? Why not organize a get-together and spend a fantastic ladies\u2019 day with all of your favorite female family members? It\u2019s one of those great ways to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day and have a sort of a mini family meeting all in one! Ask the ladies to join you for dinner after a long working week, organize some kind of activity such as bowling or movies or, in invite them all to your house.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"display: inline !important; padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">2. Sex And The City-Style Outing &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Celebrating Women\u2019s day this way with my girls back home would certainly be a fun experience! I\u2019m not going to be able to make it work but hey, you might! March 8th falls on Friday anyways and that\u2019s a pretty good day for putting together a really great outfit and meeting up with a few of your best friends! Check out a hot new club, restaurant or bar or, in case there is no new stuff to check out, settle for a place you don\u2019t get to visit too often or have a special place in your heart.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"yiv1405915773\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">3. Romantic Dinner &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Okay, well this is a totally amazing way to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day, too! The only difference is the fact that you won\u2019t be the one making the dinner in question! You hubby should do the honors or, in case cooking is not one of his strong sides, choose a restaurant for your dinner date. Who knows, he might be preparing you a surprise as we speak!<\/span><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">4. Short Holiday &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Thinking about traveling somewhere for the weekend? Well, why don\u2019t you choose this special date to make it happen? It\u00a0doesn&#8217;t\u00a0have to be anything fancy, especially considering today\u2019s economy! Oh and hey, guess what? Most travel agencies offer special deals around Women\u2019s Day making it even easier for everyone to enjoy a short, on-budget holiday even after this date!<\/span><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">5. All-Female Road Trip &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Ah well, speaking about travels \u2013 how about we take the matters into our own hands, ladies? A road trip is a perfect way to have fun and experience something new! And fear not, you can never ever be too old to enjoy this adventure!<\/span><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">6. Make Your Own Tradition &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Women\u2019s Day is not a universally popular holiday and, therefore, not as popular in some countries as it might be in others. In case you\u2019re living in a place in which this day is just another regular day, you can choose to celebrate it by starting a tradition of your own. Prepare some nice, small gifts for those special ladies in your life, educate your male friends, coworkers and family members and be the one to aid the popularization of this great holiday in your area!<\/span><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">7. Quality Time Alone &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">You can have a lot of fun celebrating Women\u2019s day even if you aren\u2019t in the position to go out and socialize with friends or exchange romantic gestures with your loved one! It\u2019s not Valentine\u2019s Day, after all \u2013 it about us, women, being strong and independent. And an independent lady should be able to have a good time even on her own. Right? I\u2019m leaving the rest to your imagination \u2013 it can be a good book, movie, spa day\u2026 whatever you like!\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_17_1362753058442_98\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">What other great way to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day can you think of and what are your plans for this date?<\/span><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is International Women&#8217;s Day. International Women&#8217;s Day originated more than 100 years ago as a strategy to promote equal rights, including rights to vote, to hold public office, and to protest against employment sex&#8230;The theme is &#8220;A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women\u201d.Women, mothers, sisters, aunties, nieces, daughters, spreaders of joy, of beauty, I celebrate you. Women, too often silent victims plagued by disease, hunger, rapes, vesico vaginal fistula (VVF)\u00a0and female genital mutilation (FGM), I celebrate you.\u00a0I celebrate the women who wake up every morning with that bold determination to live and succeed. May you all flourish. Happy International Women\u2019s Day \ud83d\ude42 xoxo #SL PS- Culled from &#8216;allwomenstalk&#8217; Here are 7 things for women to do to celebrate today, see below 7 Ways to Celebrate International Women&#8217;s Day &#8230; Ways to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day I\u2019m going to mention here are fun, exciting and something you absolutely must try before you decide to make celebrating Women\u2019s day one of those things you \u201cdon\u2019t have time for\u201d. It\u2019s our day, ladies, let\u2019s make it count! Find your perfect way to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day below and start enjoying this great holiday:\u00a0 1. 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