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The nonprofit Vital Voices Global Partnership grew out of the U.S. government's Vital Voices Democracy Initiative. The Vital Voices Democracy Initiative was established in 1997 by First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, following the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing to promote the advancement of women as a ...
Washington Women's Rights Convention of 1869, Washington, D.C., twelfth in the series; International Congress of Women, general heading used since 1878 with the International Congress of Women's Rights, Paris; Jewish Women's Congress, 1893, Chicago, Illinois; First National Conference of the Colored Women of America, 1895, Boston, Massachusetts
The First International Congress of Women's Rights convened in Paris in 1878 upon the occasion of the third Paris World's Fair.An historic event attended by many representatives, seven resolutions were passed at the meeting, beginning with the idea that "the adult woman is the equal of the adult man". [2]
A coalition of women’s advocacy organizations have called on President-elect Donald Trump to demand the NCAA change its policies regarding trans athletes in women’s sports.. Our Bodies, Our ...
Editorial: At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, three women gave emotional speeches on Monday about the consequences of taking reproductive rights away.
October 18–20: Fifth National Woman's Rights Convention, held in Sansom Street Hall in Philadelphia. [5] 1855. October 17–18: Sixth National Woman's Rights Convention, held in Nixon's Hall in Cincinnati. [5] 1856. November 25–26: Seventh National Woman's Rights Convention held in the Broadway Tabernacle in New York City. [5] 1858
Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday will deliver the keynote speech at the Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc., sorority’s ball in Dallas - a significant appearance that comes amid the most crucial ...
In 1972, the United Nations proclaimed 1975 as International Women's Year. [7] In the spirit of that proclamation, U.S. President Gerald Ford issued Executive Order 11832, creating a National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year "to promote equality between men and women." Jill Ruckelshaus would be appointed its first ...