Comments on: International Women’s Day http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/08/international-womens-day/ At home with Jono Bacon, Community Manager and Author Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JD Angel News » International Women's Day | jonobacon@home http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/08/international-womens-day/comment-page-1/#comment-136966 JD Angel News » International Women's Day | jonobacon@home Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:45:19 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=2502#comment-136966 <p>[...] Posted on March 8, 2010 – by jono International Women’s Day [...]</p> [...] Posted on March 8, 2010 – by jono International Women’s Day [...]

]]> By: Alex (Handy Backup team) http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/08/international-womens-day/comment-page-1/#comment-136888 Alex (Handy Backup team) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:49:15 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=2502#comment-136888 <p>"In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother’s Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers" - TRUE! In Russia it's more like a mixture of Mother's Day and St. Valentine's Day:)</p> <p>Basically, there's a firm tradition here to give tulips to all the women that you appreciate in your life, and many companies hold celebrations in their offices the day before IWD - since it's an official holiday. (Check out a greeting video that I shot for our company's ladies - in my blog! Though it's got some local IT-humour, it's pretty creative;))</p> <p>And I don't know why, but I actually thought that International Women's Day was celebrated in Russia and CIS countries ONLY. When on Tuesday I found a post about it in an official blog at whitehouse.gov, I was really surprised.:)</p> “In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother’s Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers” – TRUE! In Russia it’s more like a mixture of Mother’s Day and St. Valentine’s Day:)

Basically, there’s a firm tradition here to give tulips to all the women that you appreciate in your life, and many companies hold celebrations in their offices the day before IWD – since it’s an official holiday. (Check out a greeting video that I shot for our company’s ladies – in my blog! Though it’s got some local IT-humour, it’s pretty creative;))

And I don’t know why, but I actually thought that International Women’s Day was celebrated in Russia and CIS countries ONLY. When on Tuesday I found a post about it in an official blog at whitehouse.gov, I was really surprised.:)

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]]> By: Sophia Sirius http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/08/international-womens-day/comment-page-1/#comment-136703 Sophia Sirius Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:06:33 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=2502#comment-136703 <p>In Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 1st call for international womens day in 1910, we are making an online reader's edition of our new book, Wings & Dreams: 4 Elements of a New Feminism, accessible here.</p> <p>http://www.sophiasirius.net</p> <p>Please share this among your women's communities.</p> <p>The Sophia Sirius Publishing Team</p> In Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 1st call for international womens day in 1910, we are making an online reader’s edition of our new book, Wings & Dreams: 4 Elements of a New Feminism, accessible here.

http://www.sophiasirius.net

Please share this among your women’s communities.

The Sophia Sirius Publishing Team

]]> By: Akos http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/08/international-womens-day/comment-page-1/#comment-136672 Akos Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:42:34 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=2502#comment-136672 <p>Just a quick heads-up:</p> <p>Women's day is also celebrated in Hungary and Romania, seems you left these two out. (:</p> Just a quick heads-up:

Women’s day is also celebrated in Hungary and Romania, seems you left these two out. (:

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