{"id":31403,"date":"2025-03-08T00:42:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T04:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=31403"},"modified":"2025-03-08T01:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T05:37:06","slug":"international-womens-day-happy-wishes-and-a-few-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/international-womens-day-happy-wishes-and-a-few-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women’s Day: happy wishes… and a few questions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To begin with, Happy International Women’s Day! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

May each girl and woman, whether domestically or worldwide, be living a dignified life with equal rights to men. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

May each woman reach her full potential, with personal agency in all the spheres of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, no woman is like the other. In other terms, each is unique in her character, strengths, and charm. May everyone be self-empowered and feel fulfilled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bambi’s best wishes above are meant for women, but also for all you dear readers who respect and honour them every day, not just on the 8th of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The above being said, it is time to end this post with a few select burning questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. To the women reading this post, what comes to your mind when you hear someone calling you “a person with a uterus<\/em>“? Do you find it funny or insulting or are you neutral or OK with it? Why or why not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. And what about “a menstruating perso<\/em>n” instead of a woman? Any thoughts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Isn’t it sad to know that in some countries, like Iran or Afghanistan, women are still being told what to wear or how to behave? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. And what to think of adolescent girls and women abroad, namely in Afghanistan, who are prevented from having access to education?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Despite its progress, especially lately, isn’t it sad that in other places struggling to build a country, namely Lebanon, women are still legally discriminated against by not being allowed to pass citizenship on to their children of non-Lebanese spouses? Only men can do so. How fair is that, especially in 2025? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. What do you think when you hear stories of Canadian women (or female deer) having been labelled “proponents of rape culture<\/em>“, most likely for having written posts on personal blogs, denouncing barbaric rapes of innocent women in some parts of the world, namely by ISIS and similar groups? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. And, more recently, what about Hamas’ barbaric rapes and other acts of violence, including killing or kidnapping, which occurred on a doomed 7th of October, 2023? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related to last two questions, as an international community, how can we protect the innocent girls and women of any country, including Israel and Irak, from conflict-related sexual violence? And how can we protect other potential victims, including men and transgender individuals?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, Happy International Women’s Day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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