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International Women's Day: What Is On Women's Minds In 2012?

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The Huffington Post Canada   First Posted: 03/ 8/2012 5:23 am Updated: 03/11/2012 8:08 pm

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March 8, 2012 marks the 101st anniversary of International Women's Day -- the first step into more than a century spent honouring the various contributions of women made around the world. The official theme for 2012 focuses on connecting girls and inspiring futures.

In today's world, many ask if there is still a reason to single out one day for half (or more than half) of the population. The Huffington Post Canada asked women of younger generations their thoughts on the issues that affect women -- or whether such issues even still exist.

We discovered that despite these women's different cities, ages and backgrounds, commonalities were clear: they couldn't recognize themselves in anyone on TV or in movies, they still found disparities between men and women in their own lives, and above all, Mom took the number one spot when it came to role models.

Take a look at what we found out, and let us know in the comments below, or on Twitter with the hashtag #womenof2012 about your own thoughts on the questions posed. You can also add in your own slide by emailing us at canadaliving@huffingtonpost.com.

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What do you think is the biggest issue facing girls your age today?
Stereotypes like girls should wear pink. I think that if someone tells a girl that they are not a girl because they don't act or look like one, then the girl might not feel like herself anymore.
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12:50 PM on 03/11/2012
Universal Childcare. We need free universal childcare.
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12:42 PM on 03/09/2012
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08:59 PM on 03/08/2012
This commemoration of Int Women's Day is insulting to women.
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07:44 PM on 03/08/2012
Women organized it 101 yr. ago? Did they ask a man?
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Liban CZ
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03:30 PM on 03/08/2012
WE GIRLS CAN DO ANYTHING, RIGHT BARBIE?
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pinkibus
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01:19 PM on 03/08/2012
What women need in a big way is for religion to stop telling them what to do with their bodies. Women are not baby machines and they are not on earth to fulfill the dreams of men. They have a right to advance to the top and they have a right to have abortions and birth control which will actually prevent the need for abortions or help with various health problems. Every day 1000 women die in childbirth. Time to change that.
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Liban CZ
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03:35 PM on 03/08/2012
year 2012 now.
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betamale23
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06:16 PM on 03/08/2012
I fully agree with your birth control comments. The current discussions started as a freedom of religion issue where the governement was telling religious organizations what to do and that got spun into a discussion on birth control and the original issue got totally lost.
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pinkibus
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12:06 AM on 03/09/2012
beta if some religion takes tax dollars or doesn't haveto py tax dollars then it is up to the religion to accept the beliefs of all its employees even if the employee believes the religion is wrong' do you think a woman having a baby at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York has to follow the beliefs of Presbyterians. Religion oppresses women. They are not just baby factories who must lie down when a man asks her to.
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09:00 AM on 03/09/2012
You mean the freedom of men's religion.. a bunch of male Catholic Bishops screaming about a legal requirement over birth control the majority of female Catholic parishioners have made use of one time or another during their lives, even at the advice of clergy (I know from personal experience). When the followers the Church purports to represent do not follow or agree with the precepts the Church leaders enforce, which group should the United States government serve?

Also, Catholic churches enjoy tax exemption based on religious status, but hospitals and school, where non-Catholics work, do not enjoy that exemption. If you want to change the laws and make them also exempt, then re-sign me up as a card carrying member of the RC church... private religious families ought to have tax exempt status, too.
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International Women's Day: What Is On Women's Minds In 2012?
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