2020 -- H 7972 | |
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LC005187 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
RECOGNIZING MARCH 8, 2020, AS "INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY" IN THE STATE | |
OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Donovan, Mattiello, Ajello, Ackerman, and Carson | |
Date Introduced: March 05, 2020 | |
Referred To: House read and passed | |
1 | WHEREAS, International Women's Day has been observed since the early 1900s, at a |
2 | time when women's oppression and inequality were causing women to become more vocal, |
3 | active, and demanding of change; and |
4 | WHEREAS, The first National Women's Day was observed in the United States on |
5 | February 28, 1909, where women protested and demanded shorter hours, better pay, and voting |
6 | rights; and |
7 | WHEREAS, The first countries to honor International Women's Day in 1911 were |
8 | Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland, with more than one million women and men |
9 | attending International Women's Day rallies, demanding women's rights including the right to |
10 | work, vote, to hold public office, and an end to discrimination in general; and |
11 | WHEREAS, In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed March 8th as |
12 | International Women's Day throughout the world, a day that is celebrated in the United States and |
13 | globally; and |
14 | WHEREAS, International Women's Day has grown exponentially, nationally and |
15 | internationally, in developed and developing countries alike; and |
16 | WHEREAS, The United Nations declared the 2020 theme for the International Women's |
17 | Day to be #EachForEqual, exalting the fact than an equal world is an enlightened world in which |
18 | gender inequality, pay inequality, sexual harassment and sexual violence will no longer be |
19 | tolerated in business, in boardrooms, in State Houses or the White House, and not even in |
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1 | Hollywood; and |
2 | WHEREAS, In a world where gender parity and equality remain elusive, the world will |
3 | continue to see sweeping and revolutionary movements like #TimesUp and the #MeToo |
4 | Movements; and |
5 | WHEREAS, Although those statistics can be daunting and dim, there are nonetheless |
6 | numerous bright spots which we can now recognize and celebrate. Today, the Rhode Island |
7 | General Assembly recognizes International Women's Day 2020 by celebrating "Doctors of |
8 | Distinction," honoring seven Doctors of Distinction who, in particular, have changed the world |
9 | through their advocacy, care, passion and diligence. They are: Doctors Jody Underwood, Angela |
10 | Anderson, Maryellen Butke, Megan Ranney, Iris Tong, Lindsay Orchowski, and Carolina |
11 | Fonseca-Valencia; now, therefore be it |
12 | RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
13 | Providence Plantations hereby recognizes these seven prestigious, smart, elite and distinguished |
14 | women who have blazed educational trails and broken glass ceilings to land at the top of their |
15 | institutions. This House furthermore encourages all citizens to celebrate and pay tribute to the |
16 | contributions of these women, and all women, nationally and in the State of Rhode Island; and be |
17 | it further |
18 | RESOLVED, That this House hereby recognizes March 8, 2020, as "International |
19 | Women's Day" in the State of Rhode Island; and be it further |
20 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
21 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the first woman Governor of the State of Rhode |
22 | Island, the Honorable Gina Raimondo. |
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