#IWD2022 Inspiring Women
Image description: Text: "inspiring women, #IWD2022, International Women's Day, March 8th, dawsonwomensshelter.com, @DWS_EndViolence' on background of northern lights with illustrations of ten different women all expressing different visual ways of being a woman.
Tuesday, March 8th is International Women’s Day.
(As usual, whenever we use the word ‘women’ at DWS, we mean all women: trans women, cis women, and whatever womanhood means to you.)
Why do we still need a day just to celebrate and fight for women?
Women at Work:
Women lead only 14 of 195 countries
Women make 23% less than men globally with the gap being even higher for racialized women (33%) , newcomer women (29%), and disabled women (46%).
Trans women, especially trans women who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour experience astronomically high rates of violence and death.
Women run only 7% of Fortune 500 companies. In fact, there are more CEO’s name John than there are women CEO’s.
In Canada, over 1.9 million women are low-income.
Inspiring Women
Image description: Image of International Women’s Day 2022 with this year’s theme “Women Inspiring Women”. The Canada wordmark appears in the right bottom corner.
Text ‘inspiring women, #IWD2022,For International Women's Day, we're asking folks to share the women that inspire them! Take a sign below or make your own, take a pic, and post to social media before or on March 8th with the hashtag #IWD2022. More info at dawsonwomensshelter.com, dawsonwomensshelter.com, @DWS_EndViolence’ with a large white space for people to write the name of a woman who inspires them.
In Canada, this year’s IWD theme is ‘Women Inspiring Women’.
We challenge you to share the women who inspire you!
It could be:
a neighbour who has supported you
an elder who has taught you a new skill
a teacher who believed in your gifts
a youth who changed your point of view
a child who brings you joy
a writer who introduced new ideas
an artist who challenged your perspective
a friend who expands your mind with her kindness
a coworker who showed empathy
a classmate whose strength you admire
a celebrity who demonstrates that there are millions of different ways to be a woman
All this week share your inspiring women on social media, in conversations, and in reflections.
If you’re posting your inspiring women, share with the hashtag #IWD2022.
Want to have your sign or pic shared with DWS’ IWD post? Email crickett@dawsonwomensshelter.com before Monday, March 7th!
In Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Territory (Dawson City, Yukon) look for these posters around town to let us know your inspiring women:
Image description: Text ‘inspiring women, #IWD2022, is a woman who inspires me, dawsonwomensshelter.com, @DWS_EndViolence’ with a large white space for people to write the name of a woman who inspires them.
PS. Because we know awesome inspiring women get asked all the time: International Men’s Day is November 19th.