- AYI JIHU - Goodwill Ambassador to A Celebration of Women TM Foundation Inc. *** AYI JIHU is Coming to CANADA as the Guest of A Celebration of Women .... supporting the Cause for all the Women of our World !!!! *** DECEMBER 14 - JANUARY 3. *** Keep posted to find CANADIAN APPEARANCES ! The historical, wonderful WINDSOR ARMS HOTEL, 18 Thomas St., Toronto, CANADA will be graciously housing AYI JIHU during her visit with A Celebration of Women Foundation Inc., here in … [Read more...]
Women's Empowerment: The Journey of Women's Rights (1911-2011)
The Journey of Women's Rights, 1911-2011 ..looking back to where the Journey is all began... and where it is all going....starting with UN WOMEN. SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS: MICHELLE BACHELET OF CHILE UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR 'GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN', UN Women. The following is the transcript: “Today, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Ms. Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile, as the head of UN Women, … [Read more...]
THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD TODAY
THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD TODAY Since the early days of the Industrial Revolution, women in Europe and North America have made considerable progress towards equality with men, although much remains still to be done. Of course, the industrialization of Western countries at first had not improved the status of women, but had degraded them even further by exploiting them and their children in factories as cheap labor. In the preceding relatively prosperous … [Read more...]
First Woman's Rights Convention began in Seneca Falls, New York – July 19, 1848
The Seneca Falls Convention Among the many important questions which have been brought before the public, there is none that more vitally affects the whole human family than that which is technically called Woman's Rights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "Address Delivered at the Seneca Falls Convention," July 19-20, 1848. Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 On July 19, 1848, the First Woman's Rights Convention began in Seneca … [Read more...]