Celebrating Women s History Month: Commemorating Women
SHARE We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free. -Kavita Ramdas
Throughout the years, history has seen some fiercely intelligent, powerful, and inspirational women who not only have defined the worlds of science, mathematics, and literature, shaped the society, became saviours of the environment but also have pioneered movements for
women’s rights and gender equality. During
Women’s History Month in March, the legacies of these prominent women are honoured. Let us commemorate these women who worked tirelessly for the greater good and while doing so, created history in their own right.
Parents asking lawmakers for better furniture tip-over safety regulations
STURDY Act is being considered by U.S. Congress
Every year thousands of children are hurt when pieces of furniture and tv sets fall over on them. These tip-over incidents have killed young children and devastated families. It s why some of the families impacted are hopeful that congress will pass a new law to improve furniture safety.
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Every year thousands of children are hurt when pieces of furniture and tv sets fall over on them. These tip-over incidents have killed young children and devastated families. It s why some of the families impacted are hopeful that congress will pass a new law to improve furniture safety.
These are the women who fought for change by striking out on their own path.
Monday marks International Women’s Day, an annual commemoration of women, civil awareness, anti-sexism and anti-discrimination.
The day’s campaign theme for 2021 is #ChooseToChallenge, which organizers hope will inspire many to examine and challenge biases and stereotypes, as well as hold up and celebrate women s achievements. A challenged world is an alert world, the International Women s Day website says. We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality.
Celebrations for International Women s Day this year have gone virtual in light of the pandemic, and the International Women s Day website notes the many different events occurring in the 47 countries listed as observing the holiday.
LGBTQ rights bill ignites debate over religious liberty
By DAVID CRARYMarch 8, 2021 GMT
A sweeping bill that would extend federal civil rights protections to LGBTQ people is a top priority of President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress. Yet as the Equality Act heads to the Senate after winning House approval, its prospects seem bleak to a large extent because of opposition from conservative religious leaders.
The public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, calls the act “the most significant threat to religious liberty ever considered in the United States Congress.” The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has assailed it as discriminating against people of faith.
“For 45 years, the United States Congress – whether controlled by Democrats or Republicans – has maintained that taxpayers should not be forced against their conscience to pay for abortions,” the bishops said in their March 5 statement.