{"id":11565,"date":"2019-03-07T14:13:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T13:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/news\/international-womens-day-2019-march-8\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T05:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:57:21","slug":"international-womens-day-2019-march-8","status":"publish","type":"edc_news","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/international-womens-day-2019-march-8\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women\u2019s Day 2019 \u2013 March, 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The theme for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/news\/stories\/2018\/10\/announcer-iwd-2019-theme\">International Women\u2019s Day 2019<\/a> is \u201c<strong>Think equal, build smart, innovate for change\u201d<\/strong>, that focuses on innovative ways in which we can advance gender equality and the empowerment of women, particularly in the areas of social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the world has achieved progress towards gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment, women and girls continue to suffer discrimination and violence in every part of the world. Therefore, it is crucial to establish new legal frameworks on the equality of women in all aspects of their lives.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local governments can play a decisive role in the achievement of a 50-50 Planet and in the fulfillment of the goals established in the SDGs, and specifically in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/gender-equality\/\">SDG5<\/a>, by the year 2030, including more gender policies in its municipal agenda.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this framework, the International Association of Educating Cities (IAEC) applauds initiatives such as the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=41825&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\">Networks of Women without Violence<\/a>&#8221; program in Le\u00f3n, Mexico, through which work is being done to prevent violence against women in order to empower them, fostering equality and citizen participation through solidarity networks. One of the initiatives that won the Educating Cities Award 2018.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":11566,"template":"","edc_news_cat":[897],"edc_news_tag":[],"edc_minisite":[],"class_list":["post-11565","edc_news","type-edc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edc_news_cat-international-day-international-day"],"acf":{"edcities_scope":["global"],"edcities_related_city":[],"edcities_related_network":[],"edcities_related_minisite":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>International Women\u2019s Day 2019 \u2013 March, 8 - Edcities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/international-womens-day-2019-march-8\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"International Women\u2019s Day 2019 \u2013 March, 8 - Edcities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The theme for the International Women\u2019s Day 2019 is \u201cThink equal, build smart, innovate for change\u201d, that focuses on innovative ways in which we can advance gender equality and the empowerment of women, particularly in the areas of social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure. 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