Jamila khan
8th March is women international day and regarding this day it is very important and necessary to share ideas to teach community about this day and women rights in Islam.Before the advent of Islam women were often treated worse than animals. The Prophet wanted to put a stop to all cruelties to women. He preached kindness towards them. He told the Muslims: “Fear Allah in respect of women.” And: “The best of you are they who behave best to their wives.” And: “A Muslim must not hate his wife, and if he be displeased with one bad quality in her, let him be pleased with one that is good.” And:”The more civil and kind a Muslim is to his wife, the more perfect in faith he is.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) was most emphatic in enjoining upon Muslims to be kind to their women when he delivered his famous khutba on the Mount of Mercy at Arafat in the presence of one hundred and twenty-four thousand of his Companions who had gathered there for the Hajj al-Wada (Farewell Pilgrimage). International Women’s Day has occurred for well over a century with the first gathering held in 1911. Learn more about IWD’s timeline from its historic commencement, right through to the current time.What colors symbolize International Women’s Day?Purple, green and white are the colors of International Women’s Day. Purple signifies justice and dignity, and being loyal to the cause. Green symbolizes hope. White represents purity, albeit a controversial concept. The colors originated from the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in the UK in 1908. Is International Women’s Day a holiday?IWD is an official holiday in many countries including:Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (for women only), Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women only), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal (for women only), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Zambia. In Germany, Berlin’s parliament approved a bill in 2019 to make International Women’s Day a public holiday. Should IWD be a global holiday? Many groups absolutely think not. IWD is a day of activism. IWD provides a highly considerable and visible opportunity for impact. What’s does the IWD website aim to achieve?The purpose of the International Women’s Day website is to support the supporters, and to encourage worldwide engagement and collective action in advancing women’s equality. In doing so, the IWD website provides a useful and collaborative platform that aims to help forge positive change for women worldwide. Everyone everywhere can help forge women’s equality. Collective action and collaborative support for forging women’s equality matters, and all groups should be welcome to advance women’s equality by whatever appropriate means they choose. Who owns International Women’s Day.Whether hosting an event, running a campaign, launching an initiative, reporting on achievement, donating to women-focused charity, or more – there are many ways groups and individuals can mark International Women’s Day.Three central beliefs underpin and guide the purpose and provisions of the International Women’s Day website: Identifying, celebrating, and increasing visibility of women’s achievements can help forge equality strategic collaborations based on a foundation of shared purpose, trust, and appreciation can impact positive change for women worldwide awareness raising via meaningful narratives, resources, and activity can help combat gender bias and discrimination to accelerate gender parity.To support worldwide activity, the International Women’s Day website provides: free guidance and resources a searchable IWD events database a platform for collaborative purpose-driven missions a hub showcasing the work of women creatives a speakers register for IWD event managers a women-owned business IWD supplier directory a fundraising channel for women-ocused charities (100% of funds go direct to the relevant charity) Do we still need an International Women’s Day?Yes! There’s no place for complacency. According to the World Economic Forum, sadly none of us will see gender parity in our lifetime, and nor likely will many of our children. Gender parity won’t be attained for well over a century. There’s urgent work to do – and we can all play a part.
