Women’s Day A combination of celebrations and suffering in 2026
International Women’s Day, people celebrate it around the world every March 8th of the year. The governments of many countries issue announcements, speeches and even campaigns are held across the country though Women’s Day this year is A combination of celebrations and suffering.
It reflects their achievements, the impressive progress they make, the obstacles they face and to find a solution together. People do this in all categories such as political, business, media, security, healthcare, technology etc.
The early woman was denied her rights even in Rwanda
If we go back in the history of the country, many years ago, woman of that time lived a miserable life. When a family have two children of both gender, the family have to decide to pay only for the boy. The woman of that time was denied rights in things she had right to, inheritance, performing certain jobs, etc.
How does this International Women’s Day finds Rwandan women?
This coming Sunday, March 8, 2026, you will find that Rwandan women have truly an exciting level in different sectors.
According to the website of the Rwandan parliament,the representation of women in the chamber of deputies is 63.75%
These are the figures of August 2024. The current Rwandan parliament, the Chamber of Deputies’ Speaker is a woman, Madame Gertrude KAZARWA since August 2024.
According to the website of the United Nations Women, Rwanda is currently the first country in the world with many women in parliament.
Numbers and figures show very important sign internationally
The website shows that Rwanda is also one of the 6 countries only in the world with more than 50% women in parliament. These countries are Rwanda (63.75%), Cuba (56%), Nicaragua (55%), Andorra (50%), Mexico (50%), and the United Arab Emirates (50%).
In Rwanda, women are also in decision-making positions, especially in politics, big business, security, education, media, technology, health and other sectors.
Today, Rwanda is also in good position to implement the Rwandan Family Gender Equality Acts. It is a law that combats domestic violence, especially the women even girls under 18 years old.
Rwanda makes also efforts to punish anyone who make sexual abuse to the girls children’s, especially the one under 18. According to UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund in Rwanda, statistics show that in 2018, more than 50% of children in Rwanda experienced to be the victims of sexual violence, whether physical or emotional.
In different sectors of the country, women are still at the forefront in demonstrating their capabilities and in different areas, they sometimes perform better than men to bring a productive achievement.
How does it finds them in other countries? Women’s Day A combination of celebrations and suffering
In different countries, there is where the laws protect women and girls. There is also the places where women are still facing domestic abuse and terrible violence.
Currently, women who live in cities and countries where there is a war and terrible chaos live in very bad conditions.
Those countries are Sudan, Ukraine, Syria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Palestine, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Venezuela, Israel, the United States Vs Iran etc.
Some women in these countries suffer day and night because of wars, insecurity, and unrest in their countries.
Among those women and girls lose their lives in these wars, and their numbers continue to increase every day.
There are also women whose military husbands lose their lives in these wars and cause sorrow and terrible suffering to them.
A report from the UN website, shows that in this war in which America, together with Israel, is fighting Iran and its allies, as well as those in other countries of the Middle East, there are children, women and girls who continue to be subjected to various forms of violence, including gender-based violence.
A 44-year-old Iranian woman named Aida Najaflou was sentenced to 17 years in prison for converting from Islam to Christianity.
Although this country has few numbers of Christians legally, they also consider this as illegal if they see you leave your traditional religion to Christianity.
Any special this year? Women’s Day A combination of celebrations and suffering
This year has a theme: “Rights. Justice. Action. For All Women and Girls.” Although this theme focuses on the rights of women and girls, in different countries, people still deny them jobs because they refuse to give them sexual corruption.
According to the report of the Reliefweb.int, UNICEF data shows that about 12 million girls are in marriage before the age of 18.
The report shows that the number of girls in marriages before the age of 18 decrease from 25 million in the past 10 years. Overall, one in five girls is in marriage before the age of 18.
According to DW.com and Humanium.com, in Philippines, the number of girls between the ages of 15 and 19 giving birth continues to rise every year.
According to UN Women, every day at least 137 women and girls around the world are killed by their intimate partners or family members.
Conclusion on this coming international women’s day to the world
People should give full rights and justice to Women and even girls. Women are very important to our society regardless the country they come from. In different parts of the world, you will find that women are the backbone of the family.
People should protect women and give them care at workplaces. After reading this story, definitely play a major role to end any kind of violence against women and girls. Also, Play a role in ensuring their rights under the law. Play a role in ensuring fair justice for them though Women’s Day of this year 2026 is a combination of celebrations and suffering.
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