Apr 9, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
This week, a flash back to Council’s 20th year, 1995. Here’s a fascinating summary of the Council’s recommendations over the span of 1995, taken from annual reports. The Chairperson of the Council that year was Anne Nicholson, who continues her...
Apr 3, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
We are asking each current staffperson with the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women to choose a milestone year to reflect on among these “50 Ways to Achieve Equality” posts. Today’s significant year is selected by Caroline Galloway, who has been working with...
Mar 27, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
We are asking each current staffperson with the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women to choose a milestone year to reflect on among these “50 Ways to Achieve Equality” posts. Today’s significant year is selected by Selina Khan. In early...
Mar 20, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
Throughout the 50 years of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women, dozens of Council members have emphasized the importance of education and training as essential to gender equality. Access to education and training enhances individual women’s...
Mar 13, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
While we are looking back at International Women’s Day last Saturday, it felt like a good moment to look back ten years as well. In 2015, the theme for International Women’s Day was “Celebrating Women – Advocacy, Activism, and Agitation”. Some of the...
Mar 5, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, News and Views
In 1992, the Advisory Council began to hold the Annual Equality Recognition Awards as part of International Women’s Day celebrations, in order to help bring to light the valuable contributions of women in the community. In 2003, The five categories for the awards...
