There will be a small event organized in Elliot Lake to celebrate “International Working Women’s Day – 2018 this afternoon.
The theme around the event is the sacrifices and struggles waged by working class women.
There will be a short information rally and picket starting at 4:30pm at Pearson Plaza where there will be leaflets distributed about the history of the day, then a short march to the Lester B Pearson Centre.
The rally is being organized by A Communist Canada in Solidarity local association.
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To mark International Women’s Day today, Plan International Canada today released new survey data highlighting the significant impact of the #MeToo movement on changing behaviours and perceptions related to gender in Canada.
Of 3,000 respondents surveyed from across the country, nearly half said they believe social movements such as #MeToo and Time’s Up are paving the way for real gender equality.
Two-thirds of men and women agree that these movements are empowering females and that they are causing men to re-evaluate how they interact with women.
Thirty-one percent of respondents say the movements have changed how they think about sexual assault.
Plan International Canada is asking people to mark the day by using #WeMust on social media to share what #WeMust do collectively and as individuals in Canada and around the world to strengthen the gender movement and propel it forward.
