día y el mes internacional de la mujer

I mentioned in a previous blog entry that I will be working with adolescent girls in my town on a campaign to promote women and women’s rights. The campaign is called “Mujer: Infórmate, Conócete, Defiéndete, Valórate: Es tu derecho.” (Woman: inform yourself, know yourself, defend yourself, and value yourself: It is your right). For the month of March, Women’s history month, we are focusing the campaign by promoting women’s rights, empowerment, and leadership in the community. I am working with Lindsey, the volunteer in the neighboring town, and the four girls who went to our women’s leadership retreat in February. On March 8, World Women’s Day, we did a radio show as well as a commercial on the local radio station to spread the word about the campaign and thank the women in the community. We also are interviewing local women in the community who are mothers and leaders and are positive role models to others.