International Women’s Day 2022: “Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow” #BreakTheBias
International Women’s Day 2022
“Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow”
#BreakTheBias
We at African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) celebrate every woman today and always. WOMAN, You make the world a beautiful place and exude love in the world. You’re smart, unique, beautiful, brainy and brawny. You bring about order and peace, you work round the clock ensuring growth and development. Even when denied the opportunity to showcase your talents, abilities and capabilities. you nevertheless work from your little corner impacting humanity daily. You are the solution to the world’s problems. The earlier the world realizes this the better for humanity.
You’re a dreamer, a believer, a doer, an achiever, an inspiration. YES that’s who you are, Woman!
You are fierce, bold, daring and unbroken!
Being a woman itself is a superpower!
You’ve got the power!
You’re a queen, you rule the world
Life has no existence without a strong ally in ‘Woman’ in every stage of life starting from motherhood to wife, from sister and finally a daughter. Can leadership achieve much without a woman? This is the missing link, the reason for the crisis in the world and the merry go round, yes they need women. Woman, you are needed in the leadership equation to balance, for peace to reign in the world. It is no secret that the future is female.
On this special day we want to let you know WOMAN that we acknowledge your power, that you’re special, appreciated and needed. We at AWLA
are ready to activate your power. – your right is your right and that we at AWLA will go the extra mile to protect your rights and interests pro bono ( free of charge) anď give you a voice. This is our way of breaking the bias
We urge you to encourage, support and lift any woman around you in your own little way and you’ll be amazed at the extent that little help can go to save a whole family – and or community or nation- this is a way of breaking the bias
International Women’s Day 2022 theme is “Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow”
Gender equality is the key to sustainable development and a sustainable future. The SDGs highlight that Goal 5 is the key to attaining all the other goals. We must be more intentional and deliberate in attaining gender parity.
International Women’s Day is a global celebration of women, marked annually on March 8 and it’s the day
dedicated to honour women’s socio economic achievements.
It marks a call to a gender equal world – free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination and one that is, inclusive, equitable, diverse and participatory while differences are valued and celebrated.
It also marks an invitation to commit to empowerment of women, as well as raise funds to support women and girls.
It offers an opportunity for reflection on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played a major, exemplary and or extraordinary role in the history of their communities and countries.
The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity with significant activities such as gender parity campaigns, rallies, seminars and symposiums carried out worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women.
The date was chosen to commemorate the day women in Soviet Russia commenced protests for the right to vote which was granted in 1917. It acknowledges the value and the importance of women in our lives and all around the world – as moulders of destinies, home makers and builders, peacemakers, dogged fighters, selfless servants and sacrificers for humanity, workaholics, bridge builders, great leaders as well as their intuitiveness, resilience and doggedness.
The campaign theme for International Women’s Day 2022 is #BreakTheBias. We are not unaware of the bias, however, Knowledge of their existence is not enough, action is needed to level the playing field. What action are you taking today? Join us to Break the Bias!!! Bias, conscious or unconscious, makes it difficult for women to forge ahead in their personal lives, family and careers. The National Assembly has recently revealed to the world the level of bias against women in voting out all the five Gender Bills seeking inclusiveness, participation and parity for women. These Lawmakers are our Fathers, Uncles, Brothers. Husbands, Inlaws, Colleagues and Friends, but they failed us. The shock is maiming! That even in settling for the crumbs, we could be this humiliated, haba! WOMEN wake up from your slumber, power is never given, you’ve got to fight for it! It’s time to use the power you wield.
You’ve got the greatest political strength ( over 49% women population) but we failed to utilize it. It’s time to use it. No sentiments! No stomach infrastructure, No divide and rule- No No and No
United, we can break all bias and barriers
We can stop settling for the crumbs.
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.
We must take individual and or collective deliberate and intentional action to break the bias or the bias will break us. YES it’s time to BREAK THE BIAS!
Break the bias now!!! BREAK BREAK AND BREAK THE BIAS NOW!!!!
LET’S MAKE THIS HAPPEN, BREAK THE BIAS!!!
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!!!
Mandy Asagba
President
African Women Lawyers Association ( AWLA)
3/8/2022
+234 913 500 0501
+234 903 740 4272
www.awlanigeria.org
Source: UN.org
