Several events are being held across the Quinte region to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8.
This year’s theme is Inspire Inclusion.
While the day salutes women’s achievements around the world, it’s also aiming to raise awareness about discrimination and call for equality.
Events being held locally include:
- The Small Business Centre’s Quinte International Women’s Day Market Thursday, March 7 at The Pentecostals of Quinte in Belleville (3 p.m. to 7 p.m.)
- The International Women’s Day free celebration, Friday March 8 at Loyola School of Adult and Continuing Education, 250 Sidney Street, Belleville (11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
- International Women’s Day @ Three Oaks, Friday, March 8 at The Core, 225 Pinnacle Street Belleville (11 a.m to 4 p.m.)
- Highway to the Sky: Women in Aviation International Women’s Day with pilot Lola Reid Allin, Friday, March 8 at Belleville Public Library, Gallery 1, 254 Pinnacle St, Belleville (3 p.m)
- The Brilliant and Bold Women’s Day Gala, Friday, March 8 at The Grand, 70 Harder Drive, Belleville.
- Quinte West Public Library International Women’s Day Event, Saturday, March 9 at Trent Port Marina, 15 Creswell Drive, Trenton (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
Click on the links above for more information. Most events are free but may still require registration.
In honour of International Women’s Day, the President of the Quinte Labour Council, Marg Bourgoin, released the following statement:
Canada’s unions are marking International Women’s Day by calling on the federal government to better support women navigating the ongoing affordability crisis and to remedy its gendered and intersectional impacts. The disproportionately high number of women living in poverty and their lack of access to care services are deeply interconnected. Developing a national, comprehensive strategy for Canada’s care economy would go a long way to easing the burden that care – both paid and unpaid – places on women. As Canada’s cost-of-living crisis continues, many workers and their families are struggling to manage the soaring costs of food, shelter and other essentials. Women and others who are disproportionately poor or low-income are being hit hardest. These challenges are exacerbated by the over-representation of women in low-wage, part-time and precarious jobs, and by their unpaid labour caring for children, aging parents and loved ones with disabilities.
