International Women's Day

[Valentina Pagliai]

Dear colleagues,

In Italy we celebrate this day of memory by giving mimosa flowers 
(Acasia baileyana). So here is my virtual mimosa to all of you.

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Valentina Pagliai
Oberlin College




On Mar 8, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Jane Sunderland wrote:

>
> Dear all
> ?
> This time last year I sent a ?Happy International Women?s Day? 
> message, and received several replies pointing out that the situation 
> of women worldwide left much to be unhappy about (with examples). 
> Point taken and we should not forget this (and this is one reason why 
> IGALA exists, to analyse and assist in some small way here). But let?s 
> not forget achievements either which have resulted in improvements in 
> women?s lives and in gender relations more broadly.
> ?
> Best wishes
> ?
> Jane Sunderland
> ?
> Jane Sunderland
> Director of Studies, PhD in Applied Linguistics by Thesis and 
> Coursework and New Route PhD
> Dept. of Linguistics and English Language
> Lancaster University
> Lancs. LA1 4YT
> ?
> j.sunderland at lancs.ac.uk
> ?
> For the new Gender and Language Journal (details and subscriptions), 
> see
> ?
> http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/main.asp?jref=60
> ?
> ?
>
>
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