SAVE THE DATE!!
SAVE THE DATE!
In honour of International Women's Day
IWD Summit:
A New Year... A New Era?
Gender-based violence, equity and justice - what next?
MARCH 6th - 7th, 2024
Oak Island Inn and Resort, Western Shore, NS
2024 is a time of significant social crises and upheaval on a global scale. We know that women and gender-diverse people suffer disproportionately during these times. And people who are Black, Indigenous, living with disabilities, on low incomes, unhoused or newcomers are at a greater risk for gendered violence harm, compounded by persistent bias and racism.
In Nova Scotia there may also be a pivotal convergence at this time: dedicated resources, recent and irrefutable evidence (the National Action Plan to End GBV, the Mass Casualty Commission recommendations, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls), and an increasingly robust readiness for change. The imperative for gender intersectional equity and justice that leaves no one behind is foundational to tackling gender-based violence collectively and strategically in new and innovative ways.
What will we do with the opportunity before us?
Let's gather, share and strategize together to find out.
Registration information to follow in the coming weeks!
In honour of International Women's Day
IWD Summit:
A New Year... A New Era?
Gender-based violence, equity and justice - what next?
MARCH 6th - 7th, 2024
Oak Island Inn and Resort, Western Shore, NS
2024 is a time of significant social crises and upheaval on a global scale. We know that women and gender-diverse people suffer disproportionately during these times. And people who are Black, Indigenous, living with disabilities, on low incomes, unhoused or newcomers are at a greater risk for gendered violence harm, compounded by persistent bias and racism.
In Nova Scotia there may also be a pivotal convergence at this time: dedicated resources, recent and irrefutable evidence (the National Action Plan to End GBV, the Mass Casualty Commission recommendations, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls), and an increasingly robust readiness for change. The imperative for gender intersectional equity and justice that leaves no one behind is foundational to tackling gender-based violence collectively and strategically in new and innovative ways.
What will we do with the opportunity before us?
Let's gather, share and strategize together to find out.
Registration information to follow in the coming weeks!
Quote of the Day
"I have sometimes thought that a woman's nature is like a great house full of rooms: there is the hall, through which everyone passes in going in and out; the drawing room, where one receives formal visits; the sitting-room, where the members of the family come and go as they list; but beyond that, far beyond, are other rooms, the handles of whose doors perhaps are never turned; no one knows the way to them, no one knows whither they lead; and in the innermost room, the holy of holies, the soul sits alone and waits for a footstep that never comes."
Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton
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