Celebrating IWD for more than a century!
Printer-friendly versionThis year’s International Women’s Day is our 101st! Imagine: we’re now in the second century since women around the world began celebrating our achievements to gain economic, political and social equality. While it’s true that some of us have gained much, many challenges – some of them monumental – still face women across the globe.
Women’s health has always been a powerful focus of – and catalyst for – the women’s movement, from the early hard-fought battles for reproductive rights – including effective birth control and legal and safe abortion – to the great efforts of the past 30 years to ensure sex and gender analysis is integrated into health research and health care delivery. The Canadian Women’s Health Network grew out of these challenges, with many women coming together to share the wealth of their knowledge and to work to improve the health of women and girls in Canada.
This March, we plan to continue working towards that goal, and also to celebrate the fact that so many women across the country are honouring this century-plus-one-year-old tradition.
Here are some of the events across Canada celebrating IWD 2012:
Strong Women, Strong Canada: Status of Women Canada
Wise Women Awards and Book Launch 2012 (Whitehorse)
Amnesty International presents: International Women's Day Flash Mob (Vancouver)
Read about the event on Facebook.
International Women’s Day 2012 (Calgary)
Celebrating the Arts (Regina)
International Women’s Day March 2012 (Winnipeg)
Call Jen at ext. 221, or email jen@wcwrc.ca
International Women’s Day Cabaret of Monologues (Winnipeg)
The Punjabi Community Health Services 10th Annual IWD Celebration (Mississauga)
Call or or email admin.brampton@pchs4u.ca.
International Women’s Day Slutwalk Toronto: From the Ground Up (Toronto)
Celebrate Her 2012 (Ottawa)
Ottawa RebELLEs (Ottawa)
Women Resist Canadian Mining Offensive (Montreal)
Celebrate International Women’s Day in New Brunswick
Celebrating the past and planning for the future (Halifax)
International Women’s Day Events (Charlottetown)
International Women’s Day Exhibition (St. John’s)
Resilience, Wellness and Transcending Glass Ceilings (webcast)
Search this listing for other IWD events in communities across Canada
The Canadian Women's Health Network and the Centres of Excellence for Women's Health program are financially supported by Health Canada through the Women's Health Contribution Program. The views herein do not necessarily represent the official policy of Health Canada.