Upcoming Events
Women’s History Month
https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/commemoration/whm-mhf/index-en.html The Hashtags are updated annualy. October is Women’s History Month in Canada, a time to celebrate the women and girls from our past and our present, who are contributing to a better, more inclusive Canada.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Day; Sisters in Spirit
https://www.nwac.ca/ #SISVigils #MMIW #MMIWG Honour the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Sisters in Spirit Vigils.
International Day of the Girl Child
https://www.un.org/en/observances/girl-child-day Beginning in 2011 #DayoftheGirl The International Day of the Girl Child focuses attention on the need to address the challenges girls face and to promote girl's empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights.
International Day of Rural Women
https://www.un.org/en/events/ruralwomenday/ Beginning in 2008 Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women, including Indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty.
Persons Day
https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/commemoration/whm-mhf/persons-personne-en.html Marks the day in 1929 when the historic decision to include women in the legal definition of persons was handed down by Canada’s highest court of appeal. This gave women the right to be appointed to the Senate of Canada and paved the way for women’s increased participation in public and political life.
National Child Day
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/childhood-adolescence/national-child-day.html Beginning in 1993 United Nations adoption of two documents centered on children’s rights: the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child on November 20, 1959, and the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child on November 20, 1989.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/end-violence-against-women
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.