International Women’s Day 2019 - United Nations Video Message

United Nations 2019 International Women's Day Message -


Speaking are -
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres; Ms Amina J. Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General; Ms Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of UN Women; Ms María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, the President of the General Assembly; and Ms Jayathma Wickramanayake, the Secretary-General's Youth Envoy.

The theme for International Women’s Day this year, “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change”, puts innovation by women and girls, for women and girls, at the heart of efforts to achieve gender equality.

Today's hashtag - #WomensDay

Learn more about the United Nations' International Women's Day initiatives here including my favourite "Amplify the stories of the unheard".

International Women's Day - 2009

Today is International Women's Day!

The United Nations recognizes International Women's Day (IWD) and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last year designated a multi-year " campaign calling on people and governments the world over to unite to end violence against women and girls. The campaign will run through 2015, the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The link with the Goals is clear. We must stop the habitual and socially ingrained violence that mars lives, destroys health, perpetuates poverty and prevents us from achieving women’s equality and empowerment...." His complete address is on the UN site - go to 'Messages' on the site below.


International Women's Day, United Nations: www.un.org/events/women/iwd/2009

Status of Women Canada (note the new website links) : www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/index-eng.html

Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy - Reminder - 17th Edition

The next edition of the Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy will be hosted right here at 'CanadaGenealogy, or, Jane's Your Aunt'.

Our theme this time is 'Women in Central and Eastern European Genealogy' - celebrate International Women's Day this month.

Have you a female ancestor from Eastern or Central Europe you'd like to highlight, or do you have tips specifically for researching women there, or have you found a good article, book or website that assists in historical research about women from Central and Eastern Europe?

You don't have to have ancestors from Eastern or Central Europe to participate in this Carnival.

The deadline for the submissions will be March 29th, 2009 and the 17th edition will be published on the 31st. You can submit your article here at BlogCarnival.

The 16th Edition of the Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy is now posted at Jessica's Genejournal. Have a good look at the interesting array of articles submitted last carnival.

Rosemary Brown, BC Activist and Politician, Honoured on New Canadian Stamp

Next month, in February, 2009, Canada Post will issue 2 new stamps to commemorate Black History Month. One will show Abraham Doras Shadd, remembered for his 'underground railway' work, and the second will be of Rosemary Brown, well remembered in British Columbia, Canada, for all she did to fight injustice, racism and sexism.

She emigrated from Jamaica to Montreal, Canada in the 1950s where she attended McGill University. This was the first time she encountered racism herself.

In the early 1960s, she came to live in British Columbia, Canada with her husband, Bill Brown. Both were members of the British Columbia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People and she joined the Voice of Women, then the Vancouver Status of Women.

In 1972, she became the first black woman to be elected to public office in Canada when she won a seat in the British Columbia legislature and, later, she was also the first black woman (and the second woman) to run for the leadership of a Canadian federal political party.

Her political career spanned 14 years. After that, in the 1980's, she became the CEO of MATCH International, one of my 'favourite' NGOs, and international development and human rights, especially for women, became her main focus.

She was named to the Order of British Columbia in 1995 and named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1996 - as "a champion of women's and minority rights and a political and social activist whose contributions to democratic and social processes are exceptional."

For more about Rosemary Brown and women in British Columbia politics, I recommend Anne Edwards' new book, Seeking Balance: Conversations With BC Women In Politics (available from Caitlin Press, 2008: www.caitlin-press.com

I certainly look forward to seeing and sending this stamp. I am only sorry that Canada Post has missed the opportunity to honour Rosemary Brown's legacy by making this a joint commemoration of Black History Month in February and of International Women's Day in March.

LINKS

Rosemary Brown, brief biography, Heroines.ca: www.heroines.ca/people/brown.html

Order of Canada: www.gg.ca/honours/nat-ord/oc/index_e.asp

Order of British Columbia: www.protocol.gov.bc.ca/protocol/prgs/obc/obc.htm

MATCHInternational: www.matchinternational.org

Black History, Canada, Historica: http://blackhistorycanada.ca

International Women's Day: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/default.asp