A Day without a Woman is scheduled for March 8, 2017. Are you planning to stand in Solidarity with All Women to demonstrate how significant we really are?  Here are a few points I can share with you based on my own experience:

• I have never been paid as much as a male counterpart, even though my experience and education exceeded his.
• There are Women like me who experience the same.
• A male with a family is offered a salary greater than his female equivalent who also has a family.
• Men are offered positions that a Woman is not.
• Women are often asked to train men in a role, but are not offered the position.
• Men make sexist remarks about Women in the workplace.
• Women who are attractive to men in the workplace may receive a promotion more often than those who are not.

My list can go on, however, I am sure you can identify with some if not all of it. There are also other contributing factors attributing to this list, such as age, race, class, religion, ad infinitum. This movement may or may not make the necessary changes, because of course, the policies and governing laws are structured so they do not break through to reveal the obvious discrimination. It is often difficult to prove and takes so much effort and time that it can wear you down; it is designed that way. It is worth the effort to participate with All Women in being heard and voicing our strategy for Change. We will never know what can be done if we remain silent.

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This is a time when we All have to bond, and stand together! No more sitting in the background. Take the day off and participate in activities that can make a difference for you and the Girls who will grow into Women. Be the Change you want to see. Do it for those who can’t right now and will right now.

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Women, Stand for Solidarity. This is happening all over the world. Be a part of something bigger than all of us!

Peace.

Grace ~ The RJ Group