Let's celebrate the contribution women have made to the struggle for rights, not just rights for women, but rights for all. March 8 is International Women's Day and here in Glasgow we have an army of women who through the years have been at the forefront of the struggle for rights. Theirs was a struggle to raise the dignity of all, to see all humanity as one, with nobody excluded from the rights others took for granted. There are those women who have etched their names on recorded history but there are thousands of others who battled for those rights, but sadly their names have not been record, but their efforts have left a beneficial mark on the shape of our society today. Here are just a few of those women from Glasgow whose names were recorded and should be remember with pride; Ethel MacDonald, Mary Barbour, Helen Crawfurd, Jenny Patrick, Helen Lennox, but honour and gratitude to those women's names we can't recall.
The following from Human Rights First
Eleanor Roosevelt was the driving force behind the International Declaration of Human Rights, which the United Nations passed in 1948. Since then, women have been at the forefront of human rights movements—pushing for human rights to be truly universal.
Human Rights First is proud to work with courageous women from all over the world, and to commemorate Women's History Month and International Women's Day on March 8, we're highlighting their inspiring stories.
Some are women's rights activists and others are human rights activists who happen to be women. Whether it's promoting tolerance in Pakistan, democratizing Egypt and Bahrain, or fighting for LGBT rights in Russia, these women face unique challenges, from sexism to gender-based violence. Yet they refused to be silenced.
Sincerely,
Marc Jayson Climaco
Human Rights First
Human Rights First
