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PROCLAMATION
• In 1911, International Women's Day was honored the first time in Austria,
Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.
• March 8 is celebrated across the world as International Women's Day and
E, provides an opportunity to recognize the achievements of women and their
contribution to society.
• We recognize that women have played an extraordinary role in Ashland's
history and continue to be a source of strength and leadership in our city.
• On this day, women can celebrate the progress that has been made but also
contemplate those areas of women's lives where more can be done. Women's
access to education, health care and paid labor has improved, and legislation
that promises equal opportunities for women and respect for their human 'y
rights has been adopted in many countries.
• However, nowhere in the world can women claim to have all the same rights
Q and opportunities, as men, and until we all work together to secure the rights
and full potential of women, lasting solutions to social, economic and
political problems are unlikely to be found.
• We need to see changes that transform relationships between women and
men, so women will be able to take greater financial, political and physical
control of their lives.
• International Women's Day addresses the social, economic, and political
e barriers still facing women and girls while celebrating their achievements and
the progress that have been made in support of women's equality.
• NOW THEREFORE, the City Council and Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of
Ashland, hereby proclaim March 8, 2014 as: .
International Women's Day
Dated this 4`h day of March, 2014
• o n St berg, Mayor
arbara Christensen, City Recorder`
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