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This was International Women's Day outside Parliament Hill
The scene inside Parliament hill was quite optimistic on March 8. It’s been a century since the majority of Canadian women received the right to vote — and on Wednesday, in celebration of International Women’s Day, more than 338 young women representing each federal riding in Canada took a seat in a closed session at the House of Commons to highlight women’s suffrage.
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10-year-old asks to be excused from school for Women’s Day
March 8 is International Women’s Day, and one elementary student clearly knows the power a day without a female can bring. Laura Moreschi’s 10-year-old daughter wrote a note to her principal asking her to be excused from school on Wednesday so she can participate in the Day Without a Woman protest. Laura posted a screenshot of her daughter’s letter and suggested that it was written after they talked about civic engagement over dinner.
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International Women's Day: 'Why are we still protesting this sh--?' Here's why.
As part of Yahoo’s global coverage of International Women’s Day 2017, Yahoo Canada profiled women from various backgrounds and professions and asked them “What’s next?” What happens after Women’s Day — what would women like to see happen next in their personal lives, in their respective careers, and as a whole for females across the nation? “While women in North America might be shocked to learn that women in El Salvador can be jailed for up to 40 years for having a miscarriage, or that women i
