International Women’s Day - Dia Internacional da Mulher

Posted on March 8, 2008
Filed Under Blog Misc

Women touch our lives in so many ways as mothers, grand mothers, sisters, aunts and friends. So this special day is just for them, and all the things they do big and small. In Portugal, women have strongly embraced this day and take advantage of it to get together with friends to celebrate womanhood.

So, if you’re thinking about going out to dinner on March 8th, anywhere around the Algarve, I highly recommend you make reservations. As the lovelier sex, will be filling up restaurants, cafe’s and clubs and celebrating life and womanhood.

A little history about International Woman’s Day.

And although this is a day to celebrate, it’s also an “International Day for Women”, so we shouldn’t forget the many women who aren’t celebrating yet.

“More than 800 million people are suffering from hunger in the world, and some 70 percent of them are women and children.” Shukor Rahman, World Food Program.

To learn more about issues of women around the world, the importance of education of women and girls, and how it affects us all in every country, take a moment to visit these sites:

Whether male or female, most of us have been touched by a special woman at some point in our lives. So, this is a good day to take a minute out of our hectic schedules and show a little love back.

Happy Woman’s Day!