I really enjoyed the presentation last week. I would be interested in being involved in a Zonta group or a UN Women's club on campus. Should somebody contact Clare about this?
Monday, April 4, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Video: Version 1 (not final!)
Here is our first draft of our video. It is very rough and full of information. At this point in the process, we knew this information was important, but we also didn't want to bore our audience to tears, so we became very frustrated with the video. We were overwhelmed by the injustices women face around the world, but we knew the purpose of our video was not just to focus on the negative aspect of women oppression. We wanted to speak about how far women have come (by talking about the history of International Women's Day and displaying inspiring successful women from the past). We then wanted to focus on the future - where women still need egalitarian rights (as outlined by the UN Millenium Goals). It was an exciting process. There were staggering facts that displayed the oppression of women, but also exciting facts about where women have come.
We knew that our advocacy work was to raise awareness to the attendees of the International Women's Day Gala. We can celebrate, but we can't just stop there.
We showed the first draft of our video to Clare and she thought that it needed some fixing up. She also requested that we change it to more celebratory, and she recommended inspiring women we could utilize, including Kim Campbell, Sandra Oh, and many others.
In a way it was frustrating because it felt like we were starting over, but we understood that advocacy work can be like that sometimes. But as we began to work on the second draft of the video, we had so much information and groundwork laid, that it wasn't half as difficult as making the first copy.
As a side note:
During our group process we used this blog as a mode of information sharing, but we also used email to communicate logistics (especially since our mentor checked the email much more than she checked the blog). Unfortunately, in the process, I believe some information was passed over email that never made it to the blog.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
International Women's Day video
Hi everyone,
I know the video is posted somewhere in this blog but I just wanted to post it again. I just wanted to post an embedded version.
If you want to watch it in its actual youtube page, just click the screen of the video and a new page would pop up directing you to the actual page.
I know the video is posted somewhere in this blog but I just wanted to post it again. I just wanted to post an embedded version.
If you want to watch it in its actual youtube page, just click the screen of the video and a new page would pop up directing you to the actual page.
So I know we are planning on posting things from our poster presentation from class so I thought I would also post the speech that Jen and I read at the Gala (that Jen wrote)
We are representing a group of eight students from the McMaster School
of Social Work. Since January we have been working alongside the
Women’s Interval House in preparation for this day. We have been
preparing a video which you are about to see which we feel informs on
women’s issues and celebrates women’s achievements over the last one
hundred years.
We had quite the experience in the making of this video. The research
process began as a somber one, as we found that the plight of women’s
inequity remains all over the world. We also found startling facts –
how the wage gap still widens, how one in three women around the world
have experienced some form of abuse, and how the UN Millennium Goals
are still so far from being met worldwide.
But we also read about great women – about women who have changed the
world in many ways. We learned about Louise Arbour, the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights, Senator Anne Cools, the first black
person elected to the Canadian senate and a founder of one of the first
women’s shelters in Canada, Dr. Samantha Nutt, the founder of World
Child International which provides humanitarian aid to children
affected by war, and Margaret Atwood, a critically acclaimed Canadian
writer. These stories inspired us and reminded us that social change
is possible.
We’ve been learning in the classroom that social change is slow.
Problems must be viewed as public, not as private, and this can be done
through “consciousness raising”. People must remember that their
problems are not unique and result from oppressive structures. As
experiences are shared, people begin to mobilize to create change. So
where do we go from here? The inequities do not have to last forever.
Global attitudes must change towards women. Abuse can end. The wage
gap can disappear. We’ve come far in the past century. In this
country, we’ve gained the right to vote, the right to hold office,
we’ve had a female prime minister, we travel to foreign countries
alone, we’ve become CEOs, and we’ve left the home to go to work. We
can keep moving forward and removing the barriers that are in our way.
There’s three and a half billion of us after all.
So without further ado, here is our video:
of Social Work. Since January we have been working alongside the
Women’s Interval House in preparation for this day. We have been
preparing a video which you are about to see which we feel informs on
women’s issues and celebrates women’s achievements over the last one
hundred years.
We had quite the experience in the making of this video. The research
process began as a somber one, as we found that the plight of women’s
inequity remains all over the world. We also found startling facts –
how the wage gap still widens, how one in three women around the world
have experienced some form of abuse, and how the UN Millennium Goals
are still so far from being met worldwide.
But we also read about great women – about women who have changed the
world in many ways. We learned about Louise Arbour, the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights, Senator Anne Cools, the first black
person elected to the Canadian senate and a founder of one of the first
women’s shelters in Canada, Dr. Samantha Nutt, the founder of World
Child International which provides humanitarian aid to children
affected by war, and Margaret Atwood, a critically acclaimed Canadian
writer. These stories inspired us and reminded us that social change
is possible.
We’ve been learning in the classroom that social change is slow.
Problems must be viewed as public, not as private, and this can be done
through “consciousness raising”. People must remember that their
problems are not unique and result from oppressive structures. As
experiences are shared, people begin to mobilize to create change. So
where do we go from here? The inequities do not have to last forever.
Global attitudes must change towards women. Abuse can end. The wage
gap can disappear. We’ve come far in the past century. In this
country, we’ve gained the right to vote, the right to hold office,
we’ve had a female prime minister, we travel to foreign countries
alone, we’ve become CEOs, and we’ve left the home to go to work. We
can keep moving forward and removing the barriers that are in our way.
There’s three and a half billion of us after all.
So without further ado, here is our video:
I think everyone heard Clare ask us tonight, but who's all interested in starting up a group for Zonta on campus in the fall?
I would be very interested in this as it would be a chance to continue in our advocacy efforts for something we are already familiar with and passionate about.
She said that we should send her an email saying that we are in and she will act as the spokesperson to Zonta.
Would we like to send a collective email or all do it seperately?
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Miriam, I think that we decided we didn't need to meet a lot earlier because it's all ready, but I think we should meet maybe 15 minutes before class or 20 to figure out how to set it up with the laptop and everything. I can bring my laptop as an extra but I have issues with the sound so it might screw up
Also I do we get internet connection in class or do we need someones laptop who has it in the orginial format like Shannon's or Jen's?
Thursday, March 24, 2011
United Nations information on women work and poverty
Here is the information that our group used from the United Nations Statistics Division while creating our video:
Work:
Women are predominantly and increasingly employed in the services sectors.
Vulnerable employment- own account work and contributing family work- is prevalent in many countries in Africa and Asia, especially among women.
The informal sector is an important source of employment for both women and men in the less developed region but more so for women.
Occupational segregation and gender gaps continue to persist in all regions.
Part-time employment is common for women in most of the more developed regions and some less developed regions, and it is increasing almost everywhere for both women and men.
Women spend at least twice as mcuh time as men on domestic work, and when all work- paid and unpaid- is considered, women work longer hours than men do.
Poverty:
Households of lone mothers with young children are more likely to be poor than households of lone fathers with young children.
Women are overrepresented among the older poor in the more developed regions.
Existing statuatory and customary laws limit women's access to land and other types of property in most countries in Africa and about half the countries in Asia.
Work:
Women are predominantly and increasingly employed in the services sectors.
Vulnerable employment- own account work and contributing family work- is prevalent in many countries in Africa and Asia, especially among women.
The informal sector is an important source of employment for both women and men in the less developed region but more so for women.
Occupational segregation and gender gaps continue to persist in all regions.
Part-time employment is common for women in most of the more developed regions and some less developed regions, and it is increasing almost everywhere for both women and men.
Women spend at least twice as mcuh time as men on domestic work, and when all work- paid and unpaid- is considered, women work longer hours than men do.
Poverty:
Households of lone mothers with young children are more likely to be poor than households of lone fathers with young children.
Women are overrepresented among the older poor in the more developed regions.
Existing statuatory and customary laws limit women's access to land and other types of property in most countries in Africa and about half the countries in Asia.
Hey Everyone,
The work that was brough last night went together well!
Here's the info I had brought:
3 functions of the group:
1. A member of our group sent letters to governemnt officials to raise awareness and support for International Women's Day.
2. Our group created a video that outlines the history of International Women's Day. It depicts the accomplishments of women while nting various oppressions they have face.
3. On International Women's Day, our group participated in the hosting of a celebratory gala at Carmen's Banquet Hall.
The words I had brought for the learning process were:
confusing, overwhelming, incompetent, unprepared, excited
micommunucation, disconnected
plans, lack of necessary skills, brainstorming
editing, communicating, working
relieved, proud, happy
Good idea to put it in that word picture Jen! It looked great :)
In terms of the presentation next week:
- we are going to be showing the video with a laptop- I can bring mine and can someone else also bring theirs in case we have technical difficulties?
- Was the location and time ever finalized? I can come early to set up. Does anyone have gala pamplets to also display in front of our poster?
I think that's all the final details. See you on Tuesday!
Miriam
The work that was brough last night went together well!
Here's the info I had brought:
3 functions of the group:
1. A member of our group sent letters to governemnt officials to raise awareness and support for International Women's Day.
2. Our group created a video that outlines the history of International Women's Day. It depicts the accomplishments of women while nting various oppressions they have face.
3. On International Women's Day, our group participated in the hosting of a celebratory gala at Carmen's Banquet Hall.
The words I had brought for the learning process were:
confusing, overwhelming, incompetent, unprepared, excited
micommunucation, disconnected
plans, lack of necessary skills, brainstorming
editing, communicating, working
relieved, proud, happy
Good idea to put it in that word picture Jen! It looked great :)
In terms of the presentation next week:
- we are going to be showing the video with a laptop- I can bring mine and can someone else also bring theirs in case we have technical difficulties?
- Was the location and time ever finalized? I can come early to set up. Does anyone have gala pamplets to also display in front of our poster?
I think that's all the final details. See you on Tuesday!
Miriam
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
How we felt in this process
enthusiastic, apprehensive, inept, excited, eager, energized, passionate, baffled, committed, gung-ho, nervous, fearful, overwhelmed, incompetent, unprepared, confused, forming
miscommunicating, disconnection, storming, conflict, tension, pressure, disagreeing, friction, struggling, striving, challenged, trepidation, floundering, hesitant, unsure
cohesion, planning, brainstorming, solidarity, activity, liveliness, harmony, structure, initiative, strategy, ambition, creativity, progress, collaboration, criticizing,
editing, communicating, working, progressing, enterprising, improvising, norming, thriving, innovating, action, revising, examining, reflecting, nervous, uncertain, tentative,
relieved, proud, happy, results, performing, analyzing, evaluating, monitoring, accomplished, satisfied, celebrating, motivated, surprised, commemorating, growing,
miscommunicating, disconnection, storming, conflict, tension, pressure, disagreeing, friction, struggling, striving, challenged, trepidation, floundering, hesitant, unsure
cohesion, planning, brainstorming, solidarity, activity, liveliness, harmony, structure, initiative, strategy, ambition, creativity, progress, collaboration, criticizing,
editing, communicating, working, progressing, enterprising, improvising, norming, thriving, innovating, action, revising, examining, reflecting, nervous, uncertain, tentative,
relieved, proud, happy, results, performing, analyzing, evaluating, monitoring, accomplished, satisfied, celebrating, motivated, surprised, commemorating, growing,
Monday, March 21, 2011
Learned from making the video and advocacy
Hello everyone,
Here is my part for the poster thing. I was assigned to do what we learned about advocacy and doing the video project.
Learned doing the video project
•Not easy to create (i.e. Trying to make it look professional and presentable)
•Time consuming
•A lot of trial and error
•Teamwork is crucial
Learned doing advocacy
•Takes a lot of time
•A gradual process
•Required a lot of work
•Not easy to do
•Networking is important*
*Not sure if we should mention this. Was thinking that we could use the UN women thing as an example of networking.
Here is my part for the poster thing. I was assigned to do what we learned about advocacy and doing the video project.
Learned doing the video project
•Not easy to create (i.e. Trying to make it look professional and presentable)
•Time consuming
•A lot of trial and error
•Teamwork is crucial
Learned doing advocacy
•Takes a lot of time
•A gradual process
•Required a lot of work
•Not easy to do
•Networking is important*
*Not sure if we should mention this. Was thinking that we could use the UN women thing as an example of networking.
Hey folks!
Here is what I have so far regarding the "Implementation and Advocating" phase of our group work. I'll bring my computer to our meeting tomorrow, if we need to put everything into one document.
Implementation and advocating
The process of advocacy while working with Interval House included the following:
Beforehand, part of the advocacy included contacting local politicians prior to the gala to find out if they would be attending or were interested in supporting Zonta International in some capacity. In speaking with them (or their secretaries), I was able to give them some information about Jared’s place, a branch of Interval House, and give them details about the event
At the gala, we presented guests with information about Jared’s place in order to persuade them to buy raffle tickets in support of Jared’s Place
Though we understand that using media can sometimes backfire, our mentor requested that we create a video to be played at the International Women’s Day gala, that drew attention to gender injustice worldwide. We feel that this method was very effective in portraying the necessary information, and proved to be a crucial to the implementation and advocacy processes
See you tomorrow, Thode B106 at 6pm!
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Poster Stuff
ok... I got 1 big white fold out poster board, some stick on foam letters, glue tape, scissors and I have some blue cardstock for backing, if we need anything else that I forgot please let me know thanks....
Saturday, March 12, 2011
UN WOMEN
Hi everyone,
This is the contact info of the communications person from UN WOMEN (Canada chapter)
ovais.shah@unwomencanada.org
he said to cc: info@unwomencanada.org.
I think before we make any communications with this guy we should put together a proper proposal, and anyone who is interested should put together a resume. Then we will send it all together at once. I guess next class we can discuss it, but I really want to do it, I hope you guys do too!
I am going to look over the MSU site to see what steps we need to take.
See you all on Tuesday!
This is the contact info of the communications person from UN WOMEN (Canada chapter)
ovais.shah@unwomencanada.org
he said to cc: info@unwomencanada.org.
I think before we make any communications with this guy we should put together a proper proposal, and anyone who is interested should put together a resume. Then we will send it all together at once. I guess next class we can discuss it, but I really want to do it, I hope you guys do too!
I am going to look over the MSU site to see what steps we need to take.
See you all on Tuesday!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Next on the to-do
Hi, guys the video and speech was fantastic
I was wondering what supplies we need to put together the posters i can pick them up this weekend.
Kristen
I was wondering what supplies we need to put together the posters i can pick them up this weekend.
Kristen
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Additional info. about the gala
Just to add to what Hanna said, Clare said in her e-mail that we are going to be at Carmen's until 10.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Advice Wanted
Check out the Spectators local coverage of International Women's Day by posting advice you would offer to baby girl born in Hamilton today.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Quick Update
- We are very nearly finished the video! We just have a few quick touch-ups and we need to add our references and then we are done. We will be posting both the first draft and the final copy shortly to show how it progressed from looking like a school project to looking more professional.
- We are awaiting details from our mentor on how we can help next week for Women's Day.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Meeting
Hey everyone,
Thanks for sending me all the stuff for the video. I've been working steadily on it, it's not quite done but it's getting there...
Clare, we'd appreciate your presence for at least part of the meeting, so you can see what we have so far on the video and get your input on changes needed.
There is a lot of information in the video that will need condensing, because so far there is far too much reading and not enough creativity, but despite that, it looks like it will turn out fine. I haven't chosen a song or songs yet because I'd like everyone's input.
Thanks!
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Possible Music
I think it would be a good idea to use a female artist for the music. The link below is for a compilation that you can stream called Woman of the World, there is a song by The Wailin' Jennys, called One Voice (song #11) that might work....
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Meeting Tonight + Video Format
Jenelle, Miriam, Brittany, Kristen and I met tonight and made plans for the video. Now we have an idea and a schedule.
- I'm going to make the video on my computer. We can edit it when we meet February 15.
- In our video we want everyone to contribute 45 seconds of material (and we can crop or add when we meet on February 15 when everybody sees it). This material that you submit will be pictures, quotes, facts, but no long pieces of writing. We want to keep it interesting and creative and quick. Focus on your topic. Choose get a myth for your topic, and find pictures, stats and quotes to prove that the myth is wrong.
- So when you send me your information, maybe number your pictures and quotes, tell me how many seconds you want the video to last on each one, give me the order, etc. so you can be involved in the creative process. Tell me if you want the quotes on top of the picture, or before or after the picture, or whatever. Your choice!
Example:
Statement 1 (3 seconds)
Picture 1 (10 seconds)
Quote 1 (5 seconds)
Picture 2 + Quote 2 together (15 seconds)
Statement 2 (4 seconds)
Picture 3 (5 seconds)
...and attach the pictures and quotes with those.
- Would everybody please submit a song (preferably instrumental, and 2 songs if short) that we can choose background music that fits?
- We would like to incorporate the UN Millennium goals at the beginning, to show how much farther we need to go to meet the goals.
The format of the video:
Beginning: start with the UN Millennium goals
Middle: We would like to have parts where we show myths and expose those myths with facts
- we want a video full of pictures, powerful quotes set to music. You can choose if you want to focus on the positive or the negative of your topic.
End: We'll put the words "INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY" then a tagline like "Let's celebrate" or something, and we'll put up the pictures that Jenelle found of women celebrating Women's Day across the world
- We don't expect Hanna to contribute 45 seconds of material because of the other work she is doing. Hanna, can you send me the pictures your roommate offered us to use? Or post them to the blog?
Send your information to me by Friday February 11 so I can make the video and that the video can be shown and edited at our group meeting.
I hope this is clear! If anyone has any questions, ask me, Jenelle, Miriam, Kristen or Brittany. If anyone wants to change anything, we're open to suggestions!
Women in the Canadian Labour Force
-- In the 1980's, there were several significant actions taken by different unions. Federal government clerks were mostly women and very poorly paid. The government would not recognize the systemic inequalities in pay and conditions for women and the clerks went on strike in 1980 . This strike was one of many that focused on pay and benefit inequities faced by women workers. This became a major issue for unions and the women’s movement in the coming years.
-- Another significant change has been the rise in the number of female workers. By 1996, the female labour force participation rate was over 59%. Women made up 45% of the labour force and more than 40% of union membership. The change was reflected in the growing prominence of women union leaders and in concern over issues such as maternity leave, child care, sexual harassment and equal pay to women workers for work of equal value.
Here is a very good website with lots of information:
http://historywire.ca/en/article/21497;jsessionid=89604DA814A6B4D8AFE4826A12960219.tomcat1
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Article from the UN - 100 day action plan promoting womens rights
New UN Women’s head lays out 100-day action plan
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet
Stressing the need to “balance ambition with common sense,” Ms. Bachelet said UN Women would focus on five core principles: enhancing implementation of international accords by national partners; backing intergovernmental processes to strengthen the global framework on gender equality; advocating gender equality and women’s empowerment; promoting coherence with the UN on the issue; and, acting as a global broker of knowledge and experience.
UN Women – known formally as the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women – was established by the General Assembly in July last year, with the merger of four former UN agencies and offices: the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues, and the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW).
The new agency is set to receive a large boost in funding and be formally launched on 24 February during the 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to gender equality and the advancement of women.
“I am determined that UN Women will be a catalyst for change, offering new energy, drawing on long-standing ideas and values, and bringing together men and women from different countries, societies and communities in a shared endeavour,” Ms. Bachelet said.
She noted that UN Women’s approach will be a global one, though its impact will be experienced primarily at the country level, “thus UN Women’s technical support and expertise will be available, on request, to all countries, developed and developing countries, alike.”
In her remarks to the board, Mr. Bachelet also laid out five thematic priorities in the country-specific context: expanding women’s voice, leadership and participation; ending violence against women; ensuring women’s full participation in conflict resolution; enhancing women’s economic empowerment; and gender equality priorities central to national, local and sectoral planning and budgeting. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=37364&Cr=women&Cr1=
from the end poverty by 2015 campaign...
Poverty has a woman's face. Global prosperity and peace will only be achieved once all the world's people are empowered to order their own lives and provide for themselves and their families. Societies where women are more equal stand a much greater chance of achieving the Millennium Goals by 2015. Every single Goal is directly related to women's rights, and societies were women are not afforded equal rights as men can never achieve development in a sustainable manner.
http://www.endpoverty2015.org/goals/gender-equity
The Family Law legally redefined the status of women and overhauled marriage laws.
The law also limited marriage to women of 18 years of age and older. Men were now no longer the defacto head of household, and women are able to work outside the home without acquiring permission and can buy and manage financial assets. Members of the Family Law coalition are now teaching leaders how to practice the new laws in ways that will not undermine traditional views of the family.
http://www.endpoverty2015.org/goals/gender-equity
http://www.endpoverty2015.org/goals/gender-equity
Did You Know?
- Of the 1.3 billion people living in poverty around the world, 70% are women. (Source: World Revolution)
- Women do about 66% of the world's work in return for less than 5% of its income. (Source: Women's International Network)
- In the least developed countries nearly twice as many women over age 15 are illiterate compared to men. (Source: UNFPA)
- Two-thirds of children denied primary education are girls, and 75% of the world’s 876 million illiterate adults are women. (Source: AskWoman)
- Women work two-thirds of the world's working hours, produce half of the world's food, and yet earn only 10% of the world's income and own less than 1% of the world's property. (Source :World Development Indicators, 1997, Womankind Worldwide)
Achieving the Goals
In 2005, Mozambique signed a new law that gave women equal rights as members of a household. Women finally received the legal right to divorce, create pre-nuptial agreements and inherit property.The Family Law legally redefined the status of women and overhauled marriage laws.
The law also limited marriage to women of 18 years of age and older. Men were now no longer the defacto head of household, and women are able to work outside the home without acquiring permission and can buy and manage financial assets. Members of the Family Law coalition are now teaching leaders how to practice the new laws in ways that will not undermine traditional views of the family.
http://www.endpoverty2015.org/goals/gender-equity
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Words of Helena Guergis in Celebration of International Women's Day 2010
As Canadians celebrate International Women's Day, it gives us an opportunity to look back at where we've been, to celebrate what we've achieved, and to refocus on where we're going.
Canada's 2010 theme is "Strong Women, Strong Canada, Strong World." This theme reflects the important action that women contribute both here in Canada and around the globe.
On March 2nd, I reported to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, which is engaged in the 15-year review of progress on implementing the BeijingDeclaration.
Here in Canada, we have seen strong progress. In 2007, women made up 61 per cent of all university graduates.
Women are starting small businesses at twice the rate of men. In addition, women's average incomes has increased almost 17 per cent since 2002.
While we have made strong gains, there is more to do.
For example, violence against women, especially in vulnerable communities, is an ongoing issue. In addition to our government's continued work to tackle violent crime in Canada, last week's Speech from the Throne committed to additional action to address the crimes against hundreds of missing and murdered aboriginal women.
Just as we must continue working to end violence against women, we must take action to help ensure women's economic security and keep encouraging their participation in democracy.
Internationally, Canada is contributing in areas including building schools for girls in Afghanistan, and supporting women as families struggle to rebuild in Haiti. Prime Minister Harper has identified maternal and child health as a major theme of this year's G8 summit and is making it a priority to help women and children have access to clean water, food and medical care around the world.
Canada has much to celebrate on March 8th. As a nation, we must build on this work and continue moving forward together.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
History of Women in Politics
...also found this article and thought it was really interesting
FROM SUFFRAGE TO WOMEN'S LIBERATION: FEMINISM IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA
FROM SUFFRAGE TO WOMEN'S LIBERATION: FEMINISM IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA
\57 years of campaigning,
56 referenda to male voters,
480 efforts to get state legislatures to submit suffrage amendments,
277 campaigns to get state party conventions to include women's suffrage planks,
47 campaigns to get state constitutional conventions to write women's suffrage into state constitutions,
30 campaigns to get presidential party conventions to adopt women's suffrage planks into party platforms,
19 successive campaigns with 19 successive Congresses.
History of Women in Politics
Hi everyone,
I found a history/timeline of womens suffrage around the world we could probably just pick and choose the more important details.
-Shannon
1850-1879
1851: Prussian law forbids women from joining political parties or attending meetings where politics is discussed.1869: Britain grants unmarried women who are householders the right to vote in local elections.
1862/3: Some Swedish women gain voting rights in local elections.
1880-1899
1881: Some Scottish women get the right to vote in local elections.1893: New Zealand grants equal voting rights to women.
1894: The United Kingdom expands women's voting rights to married women in local but not national elections.
1895: South Australian women gain voting rights.
1899: Western Australian women granted voting rights.
1900-1909
1901: Women in Australia get the vote, with some restrictions.1902: Women in New South Wales get the vote.
1902: Australia grants more voting rights to women.
1906: Finland adopts woman suffrage.
1907: Women in Norway are permitted to stand for election.
1908: Women in Denmark some women granted local voting rights.
1908: Victoria, Australia, grants women voting rights.
1909: Sweden grants vote in municipal elections to all women.
1910-1919
1913: Norway adopts full woman suffrage.1915: Women get the vote in Denmark and Iceland.
1916: Canadian women in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan get the vote.
1917: When the Russian Czar is toppled, the Provisional Government grants universal suffrage with equality for women; later the new Soviet Russian constitution includes full suffrage to women.
1917: Women in the Netherlands are granted the right to stand for election.
1918: The United Kingdom gives a full vote to women of age 30 and older and men age 21 and older.
1918: Canada gives women the vote in most provinces by federal law. Quebec is not included.
1918: Germany grants women the vote.
1918: Austria adopts woman suffrage.
1918: Women given full suffrage in Latvia, Poland, Estonia, and Latvia.
1918: Russian Federation gives women the right to vote.
1918: Women granted limited voting rights in Ireland.
1919: Netherlands gives women the vote.
1919: Woman suffrage is granted in Belarus, Luxemburg and Ukraine.
1919: Women in Belgium granted right to vote.
1919: New Zealand allows women to stand for election.
1919: Sweden grants suffrage with some restrictions.
1920-1929
1920: On August 26, a constitutional amendment is adopted when the state of Tennessee ratifies it, granting full woman suffrage in all states of the United States. (For more on woman suffrage state-by-state, see the American Woman Suffrage Timeline.)1920: Woman suffrage is granted in Albania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
1920: Canadian women get the right to stand for election (but not for all offices - see 1929 below).
1921: Sweden gives women voting rights with some restrictions.
1921: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Lithuania grant woman suffrage.
1921: Belgium grants women the right to stand for election.
1922: Burma grants women voting rights.
1924: Mongolia, Saint Lucia and Tajikistan give suffrage to women.
1924: Kazakstan gives limited voting rights to women.
1925: Italy grants limited voting rights to women.
1927: Turkmenistan grants woman suffrage.
1928: The United Kingdom grants equal voting rights to women.
1928: Guyana grants woman suffrage.
1928: Ireland expands women's suffrage rights.
1929: Ecuador grants suffrage, Romania grants limited suffrage.
1929: Women found to be "persons" in Canada and therefore able to become members of the Senate.
930-1939
1930: White women granted suffrage in South Africa.1930: Turkey grants women the vote.
1931: Women get full suffrage in Spain and Sri Lanka.
1931: Chile and Portugal grant suffrage with some restrictions.
1932: Uruguay, Thailand and Maldives jump on the woman suffrage bandwagon.
1934: Cuba and Brazil adopt woman suffrage.
1934: Turkish women are able to stand for election.
1934: Portugal grants woman suffrage, with some restrictions.
1935: Women gain right to vote in Myanmar.
1937: The Philippines grants women full suffrage.
1938: Women get the vote in Bolivia.
1938: Uzbekistan grants full suffrage to women.
1939: El Salvador grants voting rights to women.
1940-1949
1940: Women of Quebec are granted voting rights.1941: Panama grants limited voting rights to women.
1942: Women gain full suffrage in the Dominican Republic.
1944: Bulgaria, France and Jamaica grant suffrage to women.
1945: Croatia, Indonesia, Italy, Hungary, Japan (with restrictions), Yugoslavia, Senegal and Ireland enact woman suffrage.
1945: Guyana allows women to stand for election.
1946: Woman suffrage adopted in Palestine, Kenya, Liberia, Cameroon, Korea, Guatemala, Panama (with restrictions), Romania (with restrictions), Venezuela, Yugoslavia and Vietnam.
1946: Women allowed to stand for election in Myanmar.
1947: Bulgaria, Malta, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore and Argentina extend suffrage to women.
1947: Japan extends suffrage, but still retains some restrictions
1947: Mexico grants the vote to women at the municipal level.
1948: Israel, Iraq, Korea, Niger and Surinam adopt woman suffrage.
1948: Belgium, which previously granted the vote to women, establishes suffrage with a few restrictions for women.
1949: Bosnia and Herzegovina grant woman suffrage.
1949: China and Costa Rica give women the vote.
1949: Women gain full suffrage in Chile but most vote separately from men.
1949: Syrian Arab Republic gives the vote to women.
1949/1950: India grants woman suffrage.
1950-1959
1950: Haiti and Barbados adopt woman suffrage.1950: Canada grants full suffrage, extending the vote to some women (and men) previously not included.
1951: Antigua, Nepal and Grenada give women the vote.
1952: Covenant on Political Rights of Women enacted by the United Nations, calling for women's right to vote and right to stand for elections.
1952: Greece, Lebanon and Bolivia (with restrictions) extend suffrage to women.
1953: Mexico grants women the right to stand for election. and to vote in national elections.
1953: Hungary and Guyana give voting rights to women.
1953: Bhutan and the Syrian Arab Republic establish full woman suffrage.
1954: Ghana, Colombia and Belize grant woman suffrage.
1955: Cambodia, Ethiopia, Peru, Honduras and Nicaragua adopt woman suffrage.
1956: Women given suffrage in Egypt, Somalia, Comoros, Mauritius, Mali and Benin.
1956: Pakistani women gain right to vote in national elections.
1957: Malaysia extends suffrage to women.
1957: Zimbabwe grants women the vote.
1959: Madagascar and Tanzania give suffrage to women.
1959: San Marino permits women to vote.
1960-1969
1960: Women of Cyprus, Gambia and Tonga get suffrage.1960: Canadian women win full rights to stand for election.
1961: Burundi, Malawy, Paraguay, Rwanda and Sierra Leone adopt woman suffrage.
1961: Women in the Bahamas gain suffrage, with limits.
1961: Women in El Salvador are permitted to stand for election.
1962: Algeria, Monaco, Uganda and Zambia adopts woman suffrage.
1962: Australia adopts full woman suffrage (a few restrictions remain).
1963: Women in Morocco, Congo, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Kenya gain suffrage.
1964: Sudan adopts woman suffrage.
1964: The Bahamas adopts full suffrage with restrictions.
1965: Women gain full suffrage in Afghanistan, Botswana and Lesotho.
1967: Ecuador adopts full suffrage with a few restrictions.
1968: Full woman suffrage adopted in Swaziland.
1970-1979
1970: Yemen adopts full suffrage.1970: Andorra permits women to vote.
1971: Switzerland adopts woman suffrage, and the United States lowers the voting age for both men and women to eighteen.
1972: Bangladesh grants woman suffrage.
1973: Full suffrage granted to women in Bahrain.
1973: Women permitted to stand for election in Andover and San Marino.
1974: Jordan and the Solomon Islands extend suffrage to women.
1975: Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique give suffrage to women.
1976: Portugal adopts full woman suffrage with a few restrictions.
1978: The Republic of Moldova adopts full suffrage with a few restrictions.
1978: Women in Zimbabwe are able to stand for election.
1979: Women in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia gain full suffrage rights.
1980-1989
1980: Iran gives women the vote.1984: Full suffrage granted to women of Liechtenstein.
1984: In South Africa, voting rights are extended to Coloureds and Indians.
1986: Central African Republic adopts woman suffrage.
1990-1999
1990: Samoan women gain full suffrage.1994: Kazakhstan grants women full suffrage.
1994: Black women gain full suffrage in South Africa.
2000-
2005: Kuwaiti Parliament grants women of Kuwait full suffrage.http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage/a/intl_timeline_3.htm
Friday, January 28, 2011
Hi Jenelle, Here is the stuff I found for the history and stats of Violence against women. Let me know what you think.
History of violence against women
http://www.socialpolicy.ca/52100/m23/m23-t9.stm
Abuse is not a recent phenomenon and has been sanctioned throughout history. A 15th century marriage manual states: "When you see your wife commit an offence, don't rush at her with insults and violent blows, scold her sharply, bully and terrify her, and if this doesn't work take up a stick and beat her soundly. For it is better to punish the body and correct the soul, than to damage the soul and spare the body. Then readily beat her, not in rage, but out of charity and concern for her soul so the beating will be down to your merit and her good."
In 1867, wife abuse was written into the English Common Law. According to the law, it was acceptable for a man to beat his wife with a whip or stick as long as it was no bigger than the circumference of his thumb. Hence, the phrase "Rule of thumb." So we see that what we refer to as wife assault today has been considered acceptable behaviour as a way of controlling and dominating women.
http://www.ccids.umaine.edu/resources/dvp/files/three.htm
· In sixteenth century England, wives were instructed to be subservient and compliant with their husbands and the king; allegiance to their husbands was associated with loyalty to the rulers and to God.
· During the Reformation in England, the legitimate head of the household assumed power and authority inside the home environment, both in religious and moral arenas. Church doctrine designed to enhance the legitimacy of the subordinate role of wives was communicated in churches and other venues such as marriage manuals. And although harm activity and limited harm consequences were legitimated with appropriate moral explanations, harm activity and threshold were delimited. For example, blows to the head or sensitive organs, or violence perpetrated against pregnant women were considered illegitimate. Husbands’ violence using weapons, such as axes, sickles, or knives was also condemned. Husbands who engaged in harm activity that was illegitimate and caused consequences in excess of an acceptable harm threshold were subjected to public shaming. Yet, there was community legitimacy for the harm activity of beating a woman for such “offenses” as rejecting her husband’s authority, exhibiting intoxication, or neglecting her domestic duties.
· In 1871, Alabama and Massachusetts were the first states to delegitimate wife beating. Other states followed and most allowed cruelty as legitimate grounds for divorce.
http://www.womankind.org.uk/violence-against-women.html
· The 1992 UN Declaration on Violence Against Women is the first international human rights instrument to address the issue.
http://www.unece.org/stats/gender/vaw/about.html
· Among the milestones in the campaign against VAW have been the two UN declarations of elimination of violence against women introduced in 1993 and 2003, respectively, as well as the Beijing World Conference on Women in 1995. The UN has assumed a leading role in the recognition and fight against gender-based violence, whereas Canada has taken a leading role in the attempt to measure and assess the extent of VAW.
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/companion.asp?id=8&compID=63
At the United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, violence against women was identified as one of the most pressing concerns of women worldwide. In 1999, a session of the UN General Assembly was devoted to women’s rights as human rights and ending violence against women.
In 2001, international criminal courts started to address rape in war. Recently, several resolutions dealing with the worldwide problem of violence against women have been introduced at the UN Security Council.
Statistics of violence against women internationally
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs239/en/
In a 10-country study on women's health and domestic violence conducted by WHO,
Between 15% and 71% of women reported physical or sexual violence by a husband or partner.
Many women said that their first sexual experience was not consensual. (24% in rural Peru, 28% in Tanzania, 30% in rural Bangladesh, and 40% in South Africa).
Between 4% and 12% of women reported being physically abused during pregnancy.
Every year, about 5,000 women are murdered by family members in the name of honour each year worldwide.
Worldwide, up to one in five women and one in 10 men report experiencing sexual abuse as children. Children subjected to sexual abuse are much more likely to encounter other forms of abuse later in life.
http://www.womankind.org.uk/statistics.html
Violence causes more death and disability worldwide amongst women aged 15-44 than war, cancer, malaria and traffic accidents (World Bank Study World Development Report: Investing in Health, New York, Oxford University Press, 1993.)
Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime with the abuser usually someone known to her (General Assembly. In-Depth Study on All Forms of Violence against Women: Report of the Secretary General, 2006. A/61/122/Add.1. 6 July 2006)
· It is estimated that worldwide, one in five women will become a victim of rape or attempted rape in her lifetime (Referred to by Mara Jos Alcal. State of World Population 2005. The Promise of Equality: Gender Equity, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals. UNFPA. 2005. 65).
· In Rwanda, up to half a million women were raped during the 1994 genocide. The numbers were as high as 60,000 in the war in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Equally, in Sierra Leone, the number of incidents of war-related sexual violence among internally displaced women from 1991 to 2001 was as high as 64,000 [Vlachova, Biason (editors).
· Out of 10 countries surveyed in a 2005 study by the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 50% of women in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Peru and Tanzania reported having been subjected to physical or sexual violence by intimate partners, with figures reaching a staggering 71% in rural Ethiopia. Only in one country (Japan) did less than 20% of women report incidents of domestic violence
http://www.feminist.com/antiviolence/facts.html#global
· Globally, at least one in three women and girls is beaten or sexually abused in her lifetime. (UN Commission on the Status of Women, 2/28/00)
· The most common act of violence against women is being slapped—an experience reported by 9% of women in Japan and 52% in provincial Peru. Rates of sexual abuse also varies greatly around the world—with partner rape being reported by 6% of women from Serbia and Montenegro, 46% of women from provincial Bangladesh, and 59% of women in Ethiopia. (WHO Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence Against Women, 2005)
http://www.cdnwomen.org/EN/section05/3_5_1_1-violence_facts.html
*Just thought I would also add stats of Violence against women in Canada
· Half of Canadian women (51%) have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16.
Thirty-six percent of female victims of spousal violence and less than 10% of victims of sexual assault reported these crimes to the police in 2004.
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2005/presskit/factsheets/facts_vaw.htm
History of violence against women
http://www.socialpolicy.ca/52100/m23/m23-t9.stm
Abuse is not a recent phenomenon and has been sanctioned throughout history. A 15th century marriage manual states: "When you see your wife commit an offence, don't rush at her with insults and violent blows, scold her sharply, bully and terrify her, and if this doesn't work take up a stick and beat her soundly. For it is better to punish the body and correct the soul, than to damage the soul and spare the body. Then readily beat her, not in rage, but out of charity and concern for her soul so the beating will be down to your merit and her good."
In 1867, wife abuse was written into the English Common Law. According to the law, it was acceptable for a man to beat his wife with a whip or stick as long as it was no bigger than the circumference of his thumb. Hence, the phrase "Rule of thumb." So we see that what we refer to as wife assault today has been considered acceptable behaviour as a way of controlling and dominating women.
http://www.ccids.umaine.edu/resources/dvp/files/three.htm
· In sixteenth century England, wives were instructed to be subservient and compliant with their husbands and the king; allegiance to their husbands was associated with loyalty to the rulers and to God.
· During the Reformation in England, the legitimate head of the household assumed power and authority inside the home environment, both in religious and moral arenas. Church doctrine designed to enhance the legitimacy of the subordinate role of wives was communicated in churches and other venues such as marriage manuals. And although harm activity and limited harm consequences were legitimated with appropriate moral explanations, harm activity and threshold were delimited. For example, blows to the head or sensitive organs, or violence perpetrated against pregnant women were considered illegitimate. Husbands’ violence using weapons, such as axes, sickles, or knives was also condemned. Husbands who engaged in harm activity that was illegitimate and caused consequences in excess of an acceptable harm threshold were subjected to public shaming. Yet, there was community legitimacy for the harm activity of beating a woman for such “offenses” as rejecting her husband’s authority, exhibiting intoxication, or neglecting her domestic duties.
· In 1871, Alabama and Massachusetts were the first states to delegitimate wife beating. Other states followed and most allowed cruelty as legitimate grounds for divorce.
http://www.womankind.org.uk/violence-against-women.html
· The 1992 UN Declaration on Violence Against Women is the first international human rights instrument to address the issue.
http://www.unece.org/stats/gender/vaw/about.html
· Among the milestones in the campaign against VAW have been the two UN declarations of elimination of violence against women introduced in 1993 and 2003, respectively, as well as the Beijing World Conference on Women in 1995. The UN has assumed a leading role in the recognition and fight against gender-based violence, whereas Canada has taken a leading role in the attempt to measure and assess the extent of VAW.
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/companion.asp?id=8&compID=63
At the United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, violence against women was identified as one of the most pressing concerns of women worldwide. In 1999, a session of the UN General Assembly was devoted to women’s rights as human rights and ending violence against women.
In 2001, international criminal courts started to address rape in war. Recently, several resolutions dealing with the worldwide problem of violence against women have been introduced at the UN Security Council.
Statistics of violence against women internationally
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs239/en/
In a 10-country study on women's health and domestic violence conducted by WHO,
Between 15% and 71% of women reported physical or sexual violence by a husband or partner.
Many women said that their first sexual experience was not consensual. (24% in rural Peru, 28% in Tanzania, 30% in rural Bangladesh, and 40% in South Africa).
Between 4% and 12% of women reported being physically abused during pregnancy.
Every year, about 5,000 women are murdered by family members in the name of honour each year worldwide.
Worldwide, up to one in five women and one in 10 men report experiencing sexual abuse as children. Children subjected to sexual abuse are much more likely to encounter other forms of abuse later in life.
http://www.womankind.org.uk/statistics.html
Violence causes more death and disability worldwide amongst women aged 15-44 than war, cancer, malaria and traffic accidents (World Bank Study World Development Report: Investing in Health, New York, Oxford University Press, 1993.)
Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime with the abuser usually someone known to her (General Assembly. In-Depth Study on All Forms of Violence against Women: Report of the Secretary General, 2006. A/61/122/Add.1. 6 July 2006)
· It is estimated that worldwide, one in five women will become a victim of rape or attempted rape in her lifetime (Referred to by Mara Jos Alcal. State of World Population 2005. The Promise of Equality: Gender Equity, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals. UNFPA. 2005. 65).
· In Rwanda, up to half a million women were raped during the 1994 genocide. The numbers were as high as 60,000 in the war in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Equally, in Sierra Leone, the number of incidents of war-related sexual violence among internally displaced women from 1991 to 2001 was as high as 64,000 [Vlachova, Biason (editors).
· Out of 10 countries surveyed in a 2005 study by the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 50% of women in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Peru and Tanzania reported having been subjected to physical or sexual violence by intimate partners, with figures reaching a staggering 71% in rural Ethiopia. Only in one country (Japan) did less than 20% of women report incidents of domestic violence
http://www.feminist.com/antiviolence/facts.html#global
· Globally, at least one in three women and girls is beaten or sexually abused in her lifetime. (UN Commission on the Status of Women, 2/28/00)
· The most common act of violence against women is being slapped—an experience reported by 9% of women in Japan and 52% in provincial Peru. Rates of sexual abuse also varies greatly around the world—with partner rape being reported by 6% of women from Serbia and Montenegro, 46% of women from provincial Bangladesh, and 59% of women in Ethiopia. (WHO Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence Against Women, 2005)
http://www.cdnwomen.org/EN/section05/3_5_1_1-violence_facts.html
*Just thought I would also add stats of Violence against women in Canada
· Half of Canadian women (51%) have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16.
Thirty-six percent of female victims of spousal violence and less than 10% of victims of sexual assault reported these crimes to the police in 2004.
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2005/presskit/factsheets/facts_vaw.htm
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Hi all, I was speaking with a Jessica Bonilla-Damptey who is with the Anti-Violence network McMaster and she said the Network wants to do something about IWD and I told them about your project and she thought it was great. So please contact them and see if you can use your video at school to promote IWD on campus. their email is avnmcmaster@gmail.com
Kristina
I did some research on violence against women on what it is, what it means for our world today, how we need to begin to overcome it... I looked at the Millenium goals and how we are still not living up to them.
We didn't go over how we were splitting the work really so maybe you can look up statistics of violence against women around the world and a little history on it?
Let me know if that works for you!
I did some research on violence against women on what it is, what it means for our world today, how we need to begin to overcome it... I looked at the Millenium goals and how we are still not living up to them.
We didn't go over how we were splitting the work really so maybe you can look up statistics of violence against women around the world and a little history on it?
Let me know if that works for you!
Just thought we should have some posts about our progress/things we find.
http://internationalwomensday.com/media/
There's some cool pictures here of IWD in countries all over the world...not sure if we can use them for our clip but maybe we can look into it?
Also there's a link on this page where we can share our contributions to IWD..so once we have our video it would be sweet to upload it there for more awareness
http://internationalwomensday.com/media/
There's some cool pictures here of IWD in countries all over the world...not sure if we can use them for our clip but maybe we can look into it?
Also there's a link on this page where we can share our contributions to IWD..so once we have our video it would be sweet to upload it there for more awareness
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