It has been pointed out to me by Byter Shirley that today is International Women's Day and that a Bytes item would be appropriate.
I am grateful to Shirley for pointing this out. March 8 of every year is IWD. I didn’t know it until Shirley raised it and I looked up Wikipedia.
There is no reference to IWD in my diary for March 8, notwithstanding that it notes such events as Constitution Day, Japan (3 May) and Vesak Day (?) Singapore (28 May). There was also no mention of IWD that I saw in any of the newspapers, although that would be understandable, attention having been focused on such headline events as the Oscars, Lara Bingle’s nude photo and Daniel Mortimer’s signing with the Eels.
Some notes about International Women’s Day:
