International Women's Day / International Women's Week
March 8, 2010 / March 6 to 15, 2010

WHEREAS, women's artistic, economic, innovative, political, and social contributions to our communities locally and internationally must be respected, valued, and celebrated; and,

WHEREAS, any and all progress toward equality for women requires the understanding and appreciation of the herstories of all the women's movements in our past; and,

WHEREAS, women, in all of their diversity of background and experience, continue to challenge the many barriers against equality by finding and using their own power; and,

WHEREAS, women and men must fight together to promote equality, fairness, diversity, accessibility, and anti-oppression and anti-discrimination practices to improve the lives of all persons in our communities; and,

WHEREAS, we commit to challenge ourselves as well as the structures and systems that contribute to the practice and maintenance of discrimination, exploitation, oppression, and violence against women;

I, Mayor Harvey Rosen, for the City of Kingston, Ontario, therefore proclaim the day of March 8th 2010 to be the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day and the week of March 6th to March 15th to be International Women's Week in the City of Kingston.

DATED at Kingston this 6th day of January, 2010
Harvey Rosen, Mayor