{"id":12449,"date":"2025-03-10T08:44:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T13:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=12449"},"modified":"2025-03-10T08:44:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T13:44:53","slug":"international-womens-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=12449","title":{"rendered":"International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IntWomDay2024-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IntWomDay2024-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IntWomDay2024-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IntWomDay2024-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IntWomDay2024.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Mireille Jaillet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We dream of a world where differences are valued and celebrated<br>Not because of gender, or race, or class, or challenges<br>But for our uniqueness, integrity, and qualities contributed<br>Where people can thrive and meet their full potentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 8<sup>th<\/sup>,&nbsp; International Women\u2019s Day is over a century old.<br>Still too many things we can\u2019t do, stigmas weighing us down<br>A mountain of barriers, challenges and stories to be told.<br>And as the fight continues, one by one we become unbound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We see freedoms taken away in the world\u2019s most \u201cdemocratic\u201d countries.<br>Women slain, and children orphaned because of outdated beliefs and values.<br>Or forced on their knees pleading:&nbsp; Remember Please!<br>That this day is not only for us but for all those who celebrate women and their virtues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are speaking of our mothers, sisters, aunts and daughters<br>Our aunts, teachers, friends and mentors,<br>We speak of all those women who truly matters.<br>Together we can tear the barriers down, and finally enjoy this word\u2019s splendours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mireille Jaillet is the UNE&#8217;s National Equity Representative for Women<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mireille Jaillet We dream of a world where differences are valued and celebratedNot because of gender, or race, or class, or challengesBut for our uniqueness, integrity, and qualities contributedWhere people can thrive and meet their full potentials. On March 8th,&nbsp; International Women\u2019s Day is over a century old.Still too many things we can\u2019t do, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=12449\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;International Women\u2019s Day&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,12,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12449"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12456,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12449\/revisions\/12456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}