Celebrate International Women's Day

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes." ~Clare Boothe Luce

International Women's Day is this Thursday, March 8th! I'm writing to encourage all of you to go out, find an event, and celebrate the milestones women have overcame over the years. Not only in America, but in Africa, women have fought to gain basic human rights. The suppression of women has only made us a stronger gender. Here in Africa, women raise the children, tend to the farm and usually hold small jobs on the side all to support their family! They are the bedrock of Africa. That is why we call this continent Mother Africa.

We are lucky as women in America to have all we have. Women in Africa are still confined to their stereotypical gender roles. It is unheard of for women to even wear trousers in the village. Women must take on the entire burden of the family. Even if they are married, many times men run off and find second wives or girlfriends and their first wife cannot say or do anything. It's rare to find a woman here who is financially independent.

That is why I am working hard to teach women how to make healthy choices, learn business skills and create options for themselves through gaining higher education. I ask all of you back home to use this day to reflect on how far women have come, and how much further they have yet to go. Appreciate your mothers, your sisters, your wives.

I'd love to hear what you're doing so comment below!

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. ~Roseanne Barr