{"id":2485,"date":"2024-03-09T08:29:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T13:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2024-03-09T08:34:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T13:34:27","slug":"elementor-2485","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/?p=2485","title":{"rendered":"International Women’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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International Women\u2019s Day<\/p>

A day celebrated around the world; to recognize the achievements of women without divisions; cultural, economic, or political.<\/p>

The growing movement that is International Women\u2019s Day has been strengthened by four of the Global United Nations Women\u2019s Conferences and has helped build support for women\u2019s rights and participation in political and economic levels globally.<\/p>

Officially Recognized by the UN in 1977, International Women\u2019s Day started with the labour Movements in the early 1900s in North America and in Europe.<\/p>

In 1908, the Socialist Party of American designated February 28 as a day of honour for the garment workers\u2019 strike in New York, women took a stand and protested their poor working conditions.<\/p>

But the first milestone for Women\u2019s rights was actually, much earlier in history- 1848- two Americans Elizabeth Cady Stranton and Lucretia Mott brought a few hundred People together at the first \u201cWomen\u2019s rights conventions\u201d in New York. Together they fought for civil, social, political, and religious rights of women.<\/p>

In 1910 the Socialist International established a Women\u2019s Day to honour the movement of women\u2019s rights to build support in achieving universal suffrage for women.<\/p>

In 1911 several European countries along with the United States celebrated Women\u2019s Day on the 19th<\/sup> of March, in commemorations of the revolution in 1948.<\/p>

International Women\u2019s Day because a way to protest World War 1 in 1913 Russia, where they recognized the movement on the last Sunday of February. Around Europe the following year women held rallies at the beginning of March to protest the way.<\/p>

Why March 8?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

While Women\u2019s Day had many recognized dates around the world, March 8 came from Julius Cesar and Gregory XIII. Before the revolution, Russia had not adopted the Gregorian calendar, introduced by Pope Gregory in 1582, to mitigate errors found on the Julian Calendar, because of these errors in the calendars, February 23rd<\/sup> in Russia corresponded to March 8th<\/sup> for the rest of the world.<\/p>

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From the Early Trailblazers to today\u2019s leaders for change, the long journey of Women\u2019s suffrage toward equal rights, opportunities and freedom for all, women continue to fight to create a better and more equal and safer world for all. The fight is not over and politically many are trying to take steps backward in time reducing the rights women had fought for and won.<\/p>

Canadian Women\u2019s History timeline has some extremely powerful women who created change-<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

1645: Jeanne Mance, founder of Canada\u2019s first hospital<\/p>

1813: Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the War of 1812<\/p>

1853: Mary Ann Shadd Cary, first Black newspaperwoman in North America<\/p>

1867: Dr. Emily Stowe, first Canadian woman physician to practice in Canada<\/p>

1875: Grace Annie Lockhart, pioneer of women’s university education<\/p>

1897: Clara Brett Martin, Canada\u2019s first woman lawyer<\/p>

1903: Emma Baker, first woman to receive a Ph.D. from a Canadian university<\/p>

1914-1918: First female officers served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps<\/p>

1916: Women in Manitoba became the first in Canada to win the right to vote<\/p>

1917: Louise McKinney and Roberta MacAdams Price, first women elected to a legislature in the British Empire<\/p>

1918: Some women were granted the right to vote in federal elections<\/p>

1921: Agnes Macphail, first woman elected to the House of Commons<\/p>

1924: Cecile Eustace Smith, first Canadian woman to represent Canada in an Olympic Games<\/p>

1927: The Famous Five, petitioners in the groundbreaking Persons Case<\/p>

1929: Women were declared as \u201cpersons.\u201d<\/p>

1941: Women\u2019s Divisions are established in the Army Corps and the Royal Canadian Navy<\/p>

1954: Elsie Knott, first woman elected chief of a First Nation community<\/p>

1960: All Canadian women were given the right to vote<\/p>

1967: The Royal Commission on the Status of Women was established<\/p>

1969: R\u00e9jane Laberge-Colas, first woman appointed as a judge to a superior court<\/p>

1970: Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women was tabled in Parliament<\/p>

1971: The\u00a0Canadian Labour Code<\/em>\u00a0was amended<\/p>

1977: The\u00a0Canadian Human Rights Act<\/em>\u00a0was created<\/p>

1979: Nellie J. Cournoyea, first woman to serve as premier of a territory<\/p>

1981: Women\u2019s rights were enshrined in the\u00a0Charter of Rights and Freedoms<\/em><\/p>

1983: Jeanne Sauv\u00e9, first woman to serve as Governor General of Canada<\/p>

1987: Combat roles in the Royal Canadian Air Force are opened to women<\/p>

1992: Dr. Roberta Bondar, first Canadian woman astronaut sent into space<\/p>

1993: Jean Augustine, first Black Canadian woman elected to the House of Commons<\/p>

1993: Kim Campbell, first woman Prime Minister of Canada<\/p>

1995: Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action was adopted<\/p>

1996: Sexual orientation was added to the\u00a0Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms<\/em><\/p>

2001: Canadian Human Rights Commission recommends a pay equity system<\/p>

2001: A task force to address pay equity was appointed<\/p>

2004: The Standing Committee on the Status of Women was established<\/p>

2005: Same-sex marriage became legal nationwide<\/p>

2009: Jos\u00e9e Kurtz, first woman to command a major Canadian warship<\/p>

2012: Canada leads a successful international campaign at the United Nations to establish the International Day of the Girl<\/p>

2015: First gender-balanced Cabinet in Canadian history was announced<\/p>

2015: National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was launched<\/p>

2017: Gender expression and gender identity were added to the\u00a0Canadian Human Rights Act<\/em><\/p>

2017: Canada took action against gender-based violence<\/p>

2019: Karen Jensen, first-ever Canada\u2019s Pay Equity Commissioner<\/p>

2019: Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was released<\/p>

2022: The endorsement of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence – a significant step towards gender equality<\/p>

Sources<\/p>

Background | International Women’s Day | United Nations<\/a><\/p>

Women in Canadian History: A Timeline – Women and Gender Equality Canada<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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