INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2024

To all women. To every single female that exists. Regardless of tags, regardless of class, regardless of form, regardless of what the world expect you to be.

To women who forge ahead every single day; eager to try again, eager to innovate, eager to lead, eager to change to status quo, eager to break the glass ceiling, eager to prove to the world that indeed women can.

To women who feel weak and just want to take a break; whom the world has tired out. To the bruised, bullied, abused and abandoned- who have lost so much of themselves that they think there’s not much else to lose. Who just want to take naps and forget about their worries and doubts, whose self-believe has dipped and want to run away from it all. To the broken and battered. To those whom the world has drowned with their judgement and castigation; too weak, too loud, not enough, too strong, too opinionated, too quiet, too quirky, too bookish, too prudish, too whorish, too unworthy, too much, too little, too fat, too thin, too tall, too short, too educated, too uninformed. To those whom the world’s cacophony of judgement has overridden their desire to be who they truly are; who feel disconnected from society because the society refuses to accept who they are.

To those who came before us; who have fought to give us a voice; who fought the good fight for women’s rights to not be subjugated- to live, to earn, to be educated, to have a voice, to hold political posts, to have careers, to have a choice, to be treated as a full human being. Whose suffering and shame bought us all liberation- who opened to pathways for women to dare to dream. To dare to be. To dare to stand tall in the face of a world telling them they are unworthy.

To the feminists; who continue to do all they can to create a world where we are free to soar. Whom despite name-calling, insults and threats, continue to impress it upon all women and the girl-children that they do matter. Who gave given us wings, and continue to add feathers to those wings to enable us all reach for the stars. Who continue to let us know that we can be anything; anything at all.

To women who still believe the fight for equality is one not worth fighting; who believe feminism is a waste of time and a disruptor of the ’natural order’. Who believe they do not have a voice. Yet. Who believe they’re not worthy of much. Yet. Who think that they belong in the closet the world has subjugated them. Who every single day become victims of the stifling misogyny, yet see nothing wrong with it for as long as they’ve existed, the society has whispered to them that are less.

To our mothers; who crawled so we can run.

You matter. Every single of you. Know that you are appreciated. And loved thoroughly. You presence looms large, and you emit glorious, radiant lights. I celebrate your strength, your beauty, your resilience, and everything you embody.

I celebrate you simple because yoh are human. Not because you’re magical, or strong, or you carry the weight of the world. Simply because you are.

And I want to you to know that you deserve all the goodness in the world. You deserve it all. Your voice is not small. Your existence is not meaningless. Your feelings are valid. You are enough. You are no one’s subordinate; not a part to a whole and certainly not a supporting character. You are here to carve your own path and you will. You are worthy of all things beautiful and bright; of peace and unending happiness. Your journey is one of immense strength and courage.

Together we will achieve amazing things. Because we’re women. And we can do anything.

Happy International Women’s Day, sisters❤️
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