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International Women's Day celebrated on campus
Film screening and dance performances part of ASUO Women's Center week-long observance of the holiday
by Jessie Higgins | Freelance Reporter |
The ASUO Women's Center is in the midst of a week-long celebration of International Women's Day, or IWD. The celebration began on Monday with a documentary film screening of "Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan" and will end at 6:30 p.m. Friday with a concert and dance performance showcasing performers from the University and surrounding community.
Aida Jolosheva, an international graduate student in international studies and public policy planning and management, is coordinating the celebration. The holiday has been recognized around the world since the early 1900s as a way of drawing attention to the injustices women face and to celebrate what it means to be a woman in different nations, Jolosheva said.
According to a Web site sponsored by the United Nations, the Socialist Party of America founded IWD in 1908 as part of a larger push for better hours and conditions for women working in New York City clothing and textile factories. In 1910 an international women's conference convened in Denmark and voted to observe an IWD in honor of the women's rights movement. Over the next few years, many countries adopted and began to celebrate IWD as a means of advancing women's rights in their different regions.
Monday's screening of the film on bride kidnapping fit in with the overall theme and allowed Jolosheva to address an issue that is very important to her.
"I'm from Kyrgyzstan originally and I wanted to share with the UO community some of the culture. (Bride kidnapping) is not something that I'm necessarily proud of, but it does happen," Jolosheva said. The event allowed Jolosheva and audience members to critically analyze women's roles and rights in Kyrgyzstan.
At A Glance
| WHAT: | The ASUO Women's Center will conclude the celebration of International Women's Day with a dance and concert showcase Friday night. The event will feature music and dance performances honoring women's roles in societies around the world. |
| WHERE: | The Mills International Center |
| WHEN: | 6:30 p.m. |
According to a Web site sponsored by the United Nations, the Socialist Party of America founded IWD in 1908 as part of a larger push for better hours and conditions for women working in New York City clothing and textile factories. In 1910 an international women's conference convened in Denmark and voted to observe an IWD in honor of the women's rights movement. Over the next few years, many countries adopted and began to celebrate IWD as a means of advancing women's rights in their different regions.
Monday's screening of the film on bride kidnapping fit in with the overall theme and allowed Jolosheva to address an issue that is very important to her.
"I'm from Kyrgyzstan originally and I wanted to share with the UO community some of the culture. (Bride kidnapping) is not something that I'm necessarily proud of, but it does happen," Jolosheva said. The event allowed Jolosheva and audience members to critically analyze women's roles and rights in Kyrgyzstan.
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