Female citizen journalism website Shetizen Journalist is launching a special event to celebrate International Women’s Day, which takes place on March 8.
‘Being a Woman’ invites women from all around the world to get their voices heard, by submitting a post to the site about their experiences – good and bad – of womanhood. All the entries will be displayed on the website on March 8 in order to celebrate International Women’s Day by publishing personal stories about the divergent yet shared lives of women across the globe.
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International Women’s Day (IWD) started on March 19 1911, and was celebrated in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. In 1913 the date was moved to 8 March and the festivities spread to other countries worldwide. Since then the date for IWD has remained the same, and it is an official holiday in China, Armenia, Russia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Vietnam.
Shetizenjournalist.com is a tool for women who want to report, raise gender debates and discuss issues that matter to women and contribute to their empowerment. Under the banner of “she power”, women can upload news stories, viewpoints, opinion and experience pieces via the site – which serves as a focal point for amalgamation of female bloggers’ and reporters’ work.
While citizen journalism is all about inclusivity, this forum is a great example of a specialised area of citizen reporting, and will no doubt inspire others to set up niche sites for citizen journalists of all ages, geographical locations and genres.
Meanwhile, Shetizen Journalist is everyone to sign an online petition to ‘Make International Women’s Day A Public Holiday Worldwide’. Once enough signatures have been collected it will be forwarded to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for review. It’s a brilliant idea, and you can show your support by signing the petition here.
Women bloggers take note
Female citizen journalism website Shetizen Journalist is launching a special event to celebrate International Women’s Day, which takes place on March 8.
‘Being a Woman’ invites women from all around the world to get their voices heard, by submitting a post to the site about their experiences – good and bad – of womanhood. All the entries will be displayed on the website on March 8 in order to celebrate International Women’s Day by publishing personal stories about the divergent yet shared lives of women across the globe.
Image courtesy of Flickr
International Women’s Day (IWD) started on March 19 1911, and was celebrated in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. In 1913 the date was moved to 8 March and the festivities spread to other countries worldwide. Since then the date for IWD has remained the same, and it is an official holiday in China, Armenia, Russia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Vietnam.
Shetizenjournalist.com is a tool for women who want to report, raise gender debates and discuss issues that matter to women and contribute to their empowerment. Under the banner of “she power”, women can upload news stories, viewpoints, opinion and experience pieces via the site – which serves as a focal point for amalgamation of female bloggers’ and reporters’ work.
While citizen journalism is all about inclusivity, this forum is a great example of a specialised area of citizen reporting, and will no doubt inspire others to set up niche sites for citizen journalists of all ages, geographical locations and genres.
Meanwhile, Shetizen Journalist is everyone to sign an online petition to ‘Make International Women’s Day A Public Holiday Worldwide’. Once enough signatures have been collected it will be forwarded to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for review. It’s a brilliant idea, and you can show your support by signing the petition here.