WorldWIT Celebrates International Womens Day Around the Globe

Women near you and around the world gather for a month-long series of events to commemorate a nearly one-hundred-year tradition of Dzien Kobiet

Boulder, CO (PRWEB) February 28, 2005 -- WorldWIT, the world's largest online community for professional women, is observing the nearly 100-year-old holiday of International Women's Day in our chapters locally and around the world. The 35,000-women-strong organization recognizes that International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8 during Womens History Month, is the perfect opportunity to gather together and celebrate women's strength and resilience and our desire to gain economic and political parity thru a month-long series of events from Paris to Palo Alto.

International Women's Day (IWD) is the story of ordinary women as makers of history. It is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men. IWD dates back to Europe a century ago. Women in United States organized the first national Women's Day in 1908 to help inspire the international event and WorldWIT is making sure that the holiday continues to be recognized annually. Women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences, can now come together to celebrate their Day, they may look back to a tradition that represents at least nine decades of struggle for equality, justice, peace and development.

The day, which has been sponsored by the U.N. since 1975, has been recognized as a time for asserting women's political and social rights, for reviewing the progress that women have made and simply as a day for celebrating women," says Liz Ryan, CEO and founder of WorldWIT. She adds, Today, WorldWIT exists to connect these women around the globe, and the upcoming series of unified events literally brings to life what we achieve via email everyday in the WorldWIT community."

WorldWIT's International Women's Day festivities include such events as a daylong womens leadership conference in Chicago, hosted by the ChicWIT group, entitled Passport 2005; to networking happy hours, a wine tasting, fashion show and breakfast workshops. Other events will be held in cities from Silicon Valley to Paris, France which round out the global WorldWIT International Women's Day month-long series. A partial list of WorldWIT IWD events is listed below. More details can be found at www.worldwit.org.

•ArchWIT (St. Louis), Happy Hour, Brandts Café, University City, MO, February 23
•ChicWIT (Chicago) -- Full-day conference, Holiday Inn, Hillside, IL, March 4
•OuiWIT (France) -- Meet and Greet, Ivy Paris Art Gallery, Paris, France, March 8
•RainWIT (Seattle) -- Power vs. Leadership for the Professional Woman workshop, March 8
•SilcWIT (Silicon Valley) -- Panel/Tech Trends, SAP Labs, Palo Alto, CA, March 9
•AustinWIT -- Power vs. Leadership for the Professional Woman, University of Texas, March 10
•ArkWIT (Arkansas) -- Full-day conference, Embassy Suites, Rogers, AR, March 11
•SwitzWIT (Switzerland) -- Half-day conference, La Brasserie Parisienne, Geneva, March 11
•MassWIT (Boston) -- Networking Breakfast, Café Escadrille, Burlington, March 16
•PrincetonWIT -- Breakfast event, DeVry University, Thursday, March 17
•ConnectWIT (CT) -- Educational Forum, Waters Edge Resort, Westbrook, March 19
•RockyWIT (Colorado) -- Reception, Maggianos at the DTC, Denver, March 24
•TriangleWIT (N.C.) -- Wine and Cheese Reception, Capital City Club of Raleigh, March 31
•IowaWIT -- Spring Mixer, Venutos World Bistro, Iowa City, IA, April 2
•PhillyWIT (Philadelphia) -- Fashion Show, Maggianos, King of Prussia, PA, April 11

Liz Ryan continues, This annual observation is very special to us. We can't thank our foremothers for all that they did and all that they sacrificed on our behalf, but we can remember them now - and pledge to do more for our daughters and granddaughters, too."

For more information on International Womens Day events in your area or to register visit www.worldwit.org or contact Kristi Hughes at 215-816-2954 (or email kristih@worldwit.org).

About WorldWIT
Founded in Chicago in 1999, WorldWIT (www.worldwit.org) is the worlds largest online networking organization for professional women in business, formed for women to share advice and ideas with other women eager to connect." It reaches over 35,000 women globally via moderated, local email discussion groups like ChicWIT (Chicago), HoustonWIT and BritWIT (Great Britain), and through local events and activities in 75 cities around the world. WorldWIT is also the proud winner of the 2004 Stevie Award for Best Womans Business Association.

The membership is free and is comprised of women who range from corporate CEOs to home-based consultants and entrepreneurs. Its founder, Liz Ryan, was the first female vice president at U.S. Robotics, and is a popular columnist, speaker and at work issues" expert. She has been featured by such media as TIME, Fortune, The New York Times, CNN, CNBC and CN8. Liz is also a regular contributor to Business Week Online and the on-air workplace expert for Denvers NBC affiliate, 9 News. WorldWIT is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

On May 19-22, 2005, WorldWIT is hosting the second annual international conference. This unique women-only event, entitled Camp WorldWIT: Women in the Lead, focuses on professional and entrepreneurial leadership development, creativity and wellness. For more information visit www.worldwit.org.         

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