Comments on March 8 Women's Day

There is a joke circulating among the people: a deputy-level cadre goes whoring and asks the prostitute, "Are you a virgin?" The prostitute sighed and said, "What can I say? I do this for a living. You won't believe me when I say I'm a virgin. I am not a virgin. I am not married. Just call me a place pair! " .

March 8 Women's Day, also known as International Women's Day, was originally established as a festival for women all over the world to strive for peace, equality and development. 1909 On March 8th, women workers in Chicago, USA held a massive [* * *] and demonstration for freedom and equality, which was warmly responded by working women. 19 10 In August, at the Second International Socialist Women's Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark, the German revolutionary Tzetkin, who led the conference, suggested to the conference that March 8 every year be the World Women's Struggle Day, which won unanimous support. 1924, China women held the first mass "March 8th" commemorative meeting in Guangzhou. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the State Council, the Central People's Government, designated March 8 as Women's Day in February1949 65438+.

With the development of society, the status of women has indeed been greatly improved, but has the goal of "peace, equality and development" really been achieved? Let's look at the living conditions of women around the world: "Despite years of efforts, 654.38+0.06 million children and 529,000 mothers still die every year, mostly due to avoidable factors," WHO said in its annual report entitled "Pay attention to every mother and child".

According to WHO, since 1990s, the living conditions of pregnant women and fetuses in dozens of countries have gradually deteriorated, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where the medical level lags far behind other countries in the world. The main reasons for the deterioration of women's and children's health are malnutrition and lack of basic medical insurance. "Every minute, one pregnant woman or mother dies, and 20 children under the age of five die," Dennis aitken, a senior WHO official, told reporters.

Let's take a look at the living conditions of women in China. Although the living conditions of women in China have been greatly improved, the existing problems cannot be ignored.

According to a joint survey conducted by seven domestic departments, in terms of labor rights and interests, the violation of urban women's labor rights and interests is the most serious of all problems. They are treated unequally in employment, and the labor protection regulations for female employees are not implemented. The problem that rural women's land contractual rights and interests are damaged has not been fundamentally solved. Mainly reflected in the following aspects:

(1) The phenomenon that women are discriminated against in employment and re-employment because of their gender is more prominent than that of men.

(2) Women generally enjoy less social security and employee benefits than men.

(3) The implementation of special labor protection for female employees is not in place. The special labor protection system for female workers gives special protection to the safety and health of female workers in the process of labor according to the physiological characteristics of female workers and the need to raise future generations. According to the survey data, 78.5% of women have no special protection during menstruation; 40. 1% of women did not receive special protection during pregnancy; 25.6% of women did not receive special protection during lactation.

(d) The occupational structure of men and women is very different, and women's jobs and promotion opportunities are at a disadvantage. The differences between men and women in jobs and promotion opportunities directly affect their differences in income, social security and employee welfare, which essentially reflects the differences between women's social status and men's.

(5) The phenomenon that rural women's contractual rights and interests are violated cannot be ignored: 1. The proportion of rural women enjoying contracted land is lower than that of men. 2. Marriage is an important reason why rural women lose their land. Among those who have not contracted land, nearly13 of women lost their land because of marriage, while men lost their land mainly for other reasons.

In the aspect of marriage and family rights, domestic violence against women and cohabitation with others are the main problems in the field of marriage and family; The marriage and family rights and interests of rural women have been seriously violated. Women's rights and interests in marriage and family are important contents recognized and protected by women's law. In this survey, we focus on domestic violence and family property between husband and wife. The survey results show that:

(1) Domestic violence between spouses is serious in a certain range, and women are the main victims of domestic violence between spouses.

Among the public surveyed, 65,438+06% women and 9.2% men admitted to being beaten by their spouses, while 65,438+04.4% men and 7.9% women admitted to having beaten their spouses. Nearly13 of the heads of relevant institutions surveyed listed domestic violence against women as the first place where women's rights and interests were violated. This shows that domestic violence between spouses is still quite serious in China, and women are the main victims of domestic violence between spouses.

(2) In the family, the signatures on houses, deposits and land certificates are mostly husbands, followed by fathers, which shows that the traditional advantage of men's possession of family property still exists; This situation has also left a great hidden danger for women's property rights in the family.

These materials are ready-made, not to mention the problem of 50 million rural left-behind women, not to mention the problem of how many women in China are prostitutes. Do you think it's time for us to change Women's Day to Women's Day? Now, is it as ironic and bitter to change a festival that strives for peace, equality and development for women all over the world into a festival full of warmth and satisfaction?