March 8 is International Women’s Day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More than a day to celebrate women, it is a day to consider what actions still need to be taken for all women to achieve equity with men so that women can live the lives of their own choosing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch these videos to learn more about the societal changes that are needed to improve the lives of women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"_ytid_73091\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" data-origwidth=\"474\" data-origheight=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i_cZgqLGxHM?enablejsapi=1&list=PLuIkWFsYSidzSrRvoSKDWAP6mPL0HQjdM&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-is-override no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\" allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Playlist: International Women’s Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/international-womens-day\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 8 is International Women’s Day. More than a day to celebrate women, it is a day to consider what actions still need to be taken for all women to achieve equity with men so that women can live the lives of their own choosing. Watch these videos to learn more about the societal changes … <a href=\"https:\/\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/international-womens-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International Women’s Day<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[15,16,9,293],"tags":[46,7,6,42,41],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YcBF-16I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":336,"url":"https:\/\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/international-human-rights-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":4260,"position":0},"title":"International Human Rights Day","author":"Kathleen Fuller","date":"December 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"December 10, 2012 was the International Human Rights Day, a day that we remind ourselves that far too many individuals still lack basic human rights. \u00a0There are 27 million men, women, and children laboring in slavery. \u00a0Girls are too frequently denied an education and forced into early marriage when, instead,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Education"","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/category\/education-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":325,"url":"https:\/\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/international-day-of-the-girl\/","url_meta":{"origin":4260,"position":1},"title":"International Day of the Girl","author":"Kathleen Fuller","date":"October 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On October 11, 2012, we will celebrate the 1st International Day of the Girl. \u00a0This past week (10\/1\/12 and 10\/2\/12), PBS aired a two-night, four-hour documentary entitled \"Half the Sky\" which highlighted the work being done to help girls in several different countries. \u00a0This help includes escaping sex slavery, dealing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Adaptation"","block_context":{"text":"Adaptation","link":"https:\/\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/category\/adaptation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":87,"url":"https:\/\/anthrohealth.net\/blog\/half-the-sky\/","url_meta":{"origin":4260,"position":2},"title":"Half the Sky","author":"Kathleen Fuller","date":"January 31, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"We ignore women, their needs, their rights, their abilities, at the peril of our future.\u00a0 Their issues are not 'women's issues', they are humanity's issues. 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