Upcoming Events
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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