The theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March, 2022 (IWD 2022) is, ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow‘, recognizing the contribution of women and girls around the world, who are leading the charge on climate change adaptation, mitigation, and response, to build a more sustainable future for all.
UN Women
HOW CAN YOU CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY THIS YEAR?
Here are a few suggestions for honouring IWD on your own and with others (inspired by the Dandelion Initiative):
- Make time for rest, resistance, joy and solidarity
- Observe the IWD flag at City Hall and read the proclamation
- Connect and share stories with another woman, non-binary or Two-Spirit person in your life
- Reflect on and celebrate collective opportunities and actions
- Thank a women’s advocate for the essential and meaningful work they do
- Read a book published by a feminist press
- Listen to and amplify the voices and stories we rarely get to hear
- Join the Northwestern Ontario Women’s Centre for some virtual craftivism at 10am on March 8
- Actively support your local women’s organizations (e.g.: NWOWC, ONWA, Faye Peterson House, Beendigen, Centr’Elles, Elizabeth Fry Society, Sexual Abuse Centre) and feminist mutual aid initiatives like Wiindo Debwe Mosewin (Walking in Truth) Patrol
- Attend ONWA’s Virtual “Break the Bias” Gathering or Lenore Keeshig’s “Stories of the Land from Residential and Indian Day School to Present Day” on March 8
- Attend OCASI’s “Protecting Our Resilience” event featuring comedy, poetry, yoga on March 8
- Attend the free panel discussion by FAFIA and JFG on Indigenous women land defenders and their efforts to protect Indigenous rights and territories from state violence, dispossession, and environmental degradation on March 15
- Find out about community activities on TBay Women’s Action Network
- Learn about climate feminism
- Learn about the advocacy and activism of Winona LaDuke
- Learn about the Indigenous Environmental Network and Indigenous Climate Hub
- Support seven young climate leaders taking the Government of Ontario to court this year
- Learn about Indigenous Food Sovereignty and the Indigenous Food Circle in NWO
- Learn about madaabii | s/he/they goes down to shore. Jean Marshall is one of the 27 artists
- Listen to sound artist Zoe Gordon’s Three Soundscapes for the Great Lake or Sound Diary 12
- Support feminist writers, artists and makers through the Loud Women Collective
Find a downloadable PDF of the information above, including links, here.
Happy International Women’s Day!
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