ARTICLE (INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!)

International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world. A day in which women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political.

We come from a country in which culture has a big role, and sadly women and men don’t have the same rights. Thanks to the European Union in Spain this situation has changed over the thirty years we have been part of it.

Changes between equality of women and men in the European Union started in 1957, when the principle of ``equal work, equal salary´´ was applied in the Treaty of Rome .

There have been big changes since Spain didn’t belong to the European Union. Before women didn’t have the right to practice several jobs, but with the big step we took when we entered to the European Union we solved part of a big problem which is and was equality between genders.

We have to start changing the situation and changes have to be made from when we are children. That’s why I propose that Member States should start to address social issues such as discrimination between men and women or gender stereotypes in primary schools. A good way should be doing fun games, because children love playing. It would be great to carry out gymkhanas in their schools, in their second homes, in which they would be taught principally gender equality.

Switching to the companies and marketing, there should be an improvement in pay and work equality conditions. The principle of the Treaty of Rome , should be totally applied. It is proved that men and women don’t have the same wages for the same amount of work.

It is all question of time and patience, the European Union has some plans and it is predicted that for 2020 inequality between genders will disappear.  

All in all, we should start working on it. We should start changing stereotypes!

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By: Soumiya.

Main sources :
 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/atyourservice/es/displayFtu.html?ftuId=FTU_5.10.8.html
http://www.un.org/en/events/womensday/history.shtml 

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