Women's Rights

UN 57th Commission on the Status of Women

Date: 
Monday, March 4, 2013 - 05:00 to Friday, March 15, 2013 - 04:00

The fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 4 to 15 March 2013.   The theme for this year's Commission will be the Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls.

 

The Commission

Start of Ring the Bell Campaign: Recruiting One Million Men and Boys to Pledge to Help End Violence Against Women

Date: 
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 05:00

This International Women's Day the New Delhi-based organization Breakthrough/Bell Bijao will kick off an ambitious, year-long cultural and media campaign to recruit one million men and boys to make a promise to act to end violence against women.   It will intensify the organization's award-winning

Women's History Month

Date: 
Friday, March 1, 2013 - 05:00 to Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 04:00

The month of March, more widely associated with Ireland’s patron saint, is also known in the United States as Women’s History Month  It is a time to learn about and honor such inspirational women as Dolores Huerta, Gloria Steinem, Mae Jemison, Hillary Clinton, Frida Kahlo, Audre Lorde, Susan B.

Centennial Celebration of the Women's Suffrage Parade in Washington, DC

Date: 
Friday, March 1, 2013 - 05:00 to Sunday, March 3, 2013 - 05:00

From suffrage-centennial.org:

 

A coalition of organizations including the Smithsonian Museam of American History, the Alice Paul Institute, the Newseum, and others are hosting a centennial celebration weekend honoring the "historic fight for women's right to vote."    The event marks the 100th

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