Upcoming Events
Women Abuse Prevention Month
In most Canadian provinces
International 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/take-action #16Days #OrangetheWorld Canada has their own theme that they set in place every single year.
Victim and Survivors of Crime Week
https://www.victimsweek.gc.ca/home-accueil.html Beginning in 2017. In 2020, this was held in November, but it is sometimes in May.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/commemoration/vaw-vff/remembrance-commemoration-en.html #December6 Anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women, engineering's students at L'Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal.
Human Rights Day
https://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/ Beginning in 1948 #StandUp4HumanRights Day the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
International Education Day
https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/educationday Began in 2018
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
https://www.un.org/en/events/femalegenitalmutilationday #EndFGM
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
https://www.un.org/en/events/women-and-girls-in-science-day/ Began in 2015 #WomeninScience
Annual Women’s Memorial March
https://womensmemorialmarch.wordpress.com/ Their spirits live within us. Began in 1992. Began as a response to the murder of a woman on Powell Street in Vancouver. Out of a sense of hopelessness, […]
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
https://bpwcanada.com/en/advocacy/priority-issues/traf.html Began in the United States, however, 2012 would be Canada’s first national day in recognition with this specific type of victimization. In 2007, Canadian parliament made the unanimous decision […]