Today is supposed to be the day for recognising not only the contributions made by women, but also to eradicate the inhumanity shown towards women in other parts of the world.
On Sky News this morning, there was a report from Nigeria about the girls forced to join Boka Haran who are subjected to rape by their so-called husbands or brainwashed into becoming suicide bombers. The report was presented by Alex Crawford, an award-winning female journalist who manages to combine this role and have a family. I appreciate that what happens to these girls is a result of cultural differences which will take a long time to change, if they ever do. Although it is a difficult subject to address, I thought the recent episode of Call the Midwife handled the subject of FGM very well.
Thankfully so far today I have managed to avoid webinars by "the sisterhood" who charge a lot of money telling us we can have it all. However, a lot of women feel inadequate when they can't measure their own success in the number of designer dresses/shoes/handbags on display at these events.
