Full Text of HR1043 95th General Assembly
HR1043 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Every year thousands of events are held globally | 3 |
| to honor women, celebrate their achievements throughout | 4 |
| history, advocate for gender equity, and renew opportunities to | 5 |
| achieve their potential; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York | 7 |
| City demanding voting rights, shorter working hours, and better | 8 |
| pay; this year marks the centennial of the march in New York | 9 |
| City, providing a special incentive to celebrate International | 10 |
| Women's Day; and
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| WHEREAS, The first National Woman's Day was observed across | 12 |
| the United States on 28 February in 1909; in 1910 in | 13 |
| Copenhagen, an International Women's Day was proposed to honor | 14 |
| the women's rights movement and to assist in achieving | 15 |
| universal suffrage for women; over 100 women from 17 countries | 16 |
| unanimously agreed to the proposal; three of these women were | 17 |
| later elected the first women to the parliament of Finland; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, For decades, International Women's Day has grown | 19 |
| from strength to strength annually; for many years the United | 20 |
| Nations has held an annual International Women's Day conference | 21 |
| to coordinate international efforts for women's rights and | 22 |
| participation in social, political, and economic processes; |
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| WHEREAS, 1975 was designated as International Women's Year | 3 |
| by the United Nations; women's organizations and governments | 4 |
| around the world have also observed International Women's Day | 5 |
| annually, holding large-scale events that honor women's | 6 |
| advancements, and with diligent reminders of the continued | 7 |
| vigilance and action required to ensure that women's equality | 8 |
| is gained and maintained in all aspects of life; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, International Women's Day is now an official | 10 |
| holiday in many countries; the tradition sees men honoring | 11 |
| their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, and other women | 12 |
| with flowers and small gifts; in some countries International | 13 |
| Women's Day has the equivalent status of Mother's Day, where | 14 |
| children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers; | 15 |
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| WHEREAS, International Women's Day provides global | 17 |
| connections among women regardless of age, class, education, | 18 |
| ethnicity, geography, language, profession, race, or sexual | 19 |
| orientation; and
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| WHEREAS, International Women's Day provides recognition | 21 |
| and celebration of women throughout the centuries; and
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| WHEREAS, International Women's Day provides | 2 |
| acknowledgement that the human rights of women need to be | 3 |
| recognized and guaranteed; and
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| WHEREAS, International Women's Day provides educational | 5 |
| opportunities to address gender equity; and
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| WHEREAS, International Women's Day provides inspiration to | 7 |
| work together for gender equity in every part of the world; and
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| WHEREAS, International Women's Day provides governments | 9 |
| around the world the opportunity to address the economic, | 10 |
| political, and social barriers to gender equity; therefore, be | 11 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| salute the centenary of International Women's Day in the State | 15 |
| of Illinois and join in this global celebration to act locally | 16 |
| and network globally.
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