Day of the woman - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2002 - 51 Euro Cent

In 1909, in all parts of the United States, a national "Women's Day" was first celebrated in accordance with a declaration by the American Socialist Party. In 1911, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland had an International Women's Day. In addition to the right to vote, the recognition of a claim to public office, the right to vocational training and work as well as the end of discrimination in the workplace was demanded. The Charter of the United Nations proclaims for the first time that gender equality is a fundamental human right. Since then, the UN has created a variety of standards to promote equal treatment for women. It is shocking to see how little of it has not even been implemented in the Western world, apart from the "customs" in Afghanistan and similar countries. But a true social equality (Minister of Women ??!) And a full compensation for the children's wars and grandchildren, as it is the beginning of the credits of the children's years for a pension, would be closer to the goal. On the stamp the picture "Woman Power" by Maria Lassnig from the year 1979 is reproduced. The now 83-year-old painter and graphic artist studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts with Albert Paris Gütersloh, lived in Paris and New York from 1961-80 and since 1970 has also been involved in animated film. From 1980 she taught painting and animation at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.