Legal Basis of Women`s Month
A few years later, the idea made its way into communities, school districts and organizations across the country. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first presidential proclamation, declaring the week of March 8 National Women`s History Week. The U.S. Congress followed suit the following year and passed a resolution introducing a national celebration. Six years later, the National Women`s History Project successfully challenged Congress to extend the event to the entire month of March. In March 2011, the Obama administration released a report entitled Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being,[7] which shows the situation of women in the United States in 2011 and how it has changed over time. [8] This report was the first comprehensive federal report on women since the report of the Commission on the Status of Women in 1963. [8] National Women`s History MonthIn 1986, 14 states declared March Women`s History Month. This dynamic, state-to-state action was used as justification to persuade Congress to designate the entire month of March 1987 as National Women`s History Month. In 1987, Congress declared March National Women`s History Forever. Each year, a special presidential proclamation is issued honoring the extraordinary achievements of American women. The National Alliance for Women`s History selects and publishes the annual theme. The theme of Women`s History Month 2021 captures the spirit of these difficult times.
As many of the centennial celebrations of women`s suffrage originally planned for 2020 have been removed, the National Alliance for Women`s History is expanding the annual theme for 2021 to include “Brave Women of Choice: Refusal to Be Silent.” Click here to download NWHM`s 2021 Women`s History Month Resource Kit, which includes links to biographies, events and programs to celebrate this important month. Proclamation No., 227 p. 1988, “Provisions for the Observance of March as “Women`s Role in History Month”” Signed by President Aquino on 17 March 1988, it reinforced the previous proclamation by emphasizing the role of Filipino women in social, cultural, economic and political development throughout our history. It included a month-long national celebration with appropriate ceremonies and activities led by the Commission. The enactment of the following laws serves as the legal basis for the celebration of National Women`s Month: Every March, Women`s History Month is an opportunity to honour the generations of pioneering women and girls who built our nation. has shaped our progress and strengthened our character as a people. Throughout our history, despite hardship, exclusion and discrimination, women have sought and sacrificed justice and equality in communities across the country. Generations of Native American women have been stewards of the land and continue to lead the fight for climate justice. Black women fought to end slavery, defend civil rights, and pass the Voting Rights Act.
The suffragettes helped pass the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, so no American could be denied a vote based on gender. On the shoulders of the heroines who came before them, today`s women and girls continue the mission of ensuring that our daughters have the same opportunities as our sons. Women in the labour movement are making monumental reforms to help all workers get the best wages, benefits and security they deserve. LGBTQI+ women and girls are leading the fight for justice, opportunity and equality, especially for the transgender community. Women and girls continue to lead revolutionary civil rights movements for social justice and freedom so that everyone can fulfill all of America`s promises. But despite progress, women and girls – particularly women of colour and girls – still face systemic barriers to full participation and wider gaps in opportunity and equality. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated inequalities that have disproportionately impacted women`s participation in the workforce, increased the burden on paid and unpaid caregivers, and increased rates of gender-based violence. The Constitutional Right to Abortion in Roe v. Wade faces an unprecedented attack as states impose increasingly onerous restrictions on essential reproductive health care and physical autonomy. Workers face gender and racial wage gaps that can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars over their lifetime.
Congress sent the Equal Rights Amendment to states for ratification 50 years ago, and it is high time that the principle of women`s equality was enshrined in our Constitution. My administration has made this issue a top priority from day one. Through historic executive actions, my administration has launched government-wide efforts to advance gender equality, racial justice, and LGBTQI+ equality.