Today is International Women’s Day and the students at Portlaoise CBS have come up with a novel way to pay tribute to the females in their lives.
In this light-hearted video, these Transition Year pupils talk about the impacts that their mammies, grannies and girlfriends have on their lives.
We also hear how actress Jennifer Aniston and model Kim Kardashian are right up alongside the aforementioned trio.
But surely neither of them are as good at washing dirty underwear as one of the mammies referenced in the video!
International Women’s Day commemorates the movement for women’s rights.
While the first observance of a Women’s Day was held on February 28, 1909 in New York, March 8 was suggested by the 1910 International Woman’s Conference to become an “International Woman’s Day.”
After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there.
The day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted in 1975 by the United Nations.
The past year saw the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and abuse, and a reinvigorated debate about women’s rights around the globe.
It saw two million women take to the streets in support of women’s rights, especially in Washington.
In September, Saudi Arabia, the only country in the world to still ban women from driving, announced that the prohibition would be lifted.
But the road to equality remains long, with violence against women still an everyday occurrence and gender pay gaps the global norm.
But fair play to the CBS lads for doing their bit!
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