International Women's Day in Istanbul

A secular woman walks by a religious woman on the street in Jaffa. Photo: Marc Israel Sellem. Following a checkered history which began in 1909, the General Assembly of the United Nations invited member states to proclaim March 8 UN Day for Women'sOn International Women's Day, we have a number of groundbreaking accomplishments to celebrate. This year alone, women in the U.S. won the right to serve on the front lines in combat and President Obama inched closer toThe first International Women's Day was celebrated on Feb. 28, 1909 in the United States as a holiday honoring a strike by garment workers in New York who fought for better working conditions, voting rights and equal opportunity. It quickly spread fromUnilever Ghana Limited, last Friday, celebrated the International Women's Day, a day set aside to recognise and appreciate women all over the world, at the

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