| We are at a time when upheavals are numerous and diverse. If it seems obvious to everyone that we must continue the fight for women’s rights, everything becomes more vague for men. Dagoa, the first, did not know that there was an International Men’s Day. It was while investigating International Women’s Day that she learned that this day existed. If she was surprised at first, she understood that changes necessarily involve repositioning. And, in this, International Men’s Day becomes relevant |
Why International Men’s Day?
International Men’s Day (IMD, after its English name) is an international event celebrated every November 19 since 1999. It aims to revalorize the role of men within society as well as to highlight the areas in which gender differences disadvantage them.
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Ingeborg Breines, director of the Women and Culture of Peace program at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, noted that she supports the initiative to choose an international men’s day and considered it “an excellent idea which will bring a little balance between the two sexes
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Difference between equity and equality.
By designing the poem “International Men’s Day” Dagoa asked himself the question of the difference between equality and equity. This is what she found while searching online :
« Equality is giving everyone the same pair of shoes. Equity is giving everyone a pair of shoes that suits them »
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According to Dagoa, men and women should seek equity. There are already many differences among men and women. What is fair and equitable takes into account the differences and particularities of each…
In the next article, we will see how International Men’s Day
highlights glaring contemporary truths.