Tag: women’s equality

Meeting Malalai Joya

On Thursday March 24, WCI and partner Pennsylvania Women’s Campaign Fund hosted a screening and panel discussion of Enemies of Happiness, a documentary that follows Malalai Joya through the final days of her campaign for an Afghan parliamentary seat in 2005. The film reveals that Ms. Joya’s campaigning was significantly influenced by both the general [...]

In Honor of Women’s Equality Day

Today, August 26 is officially deemed Women’s Equality Day, a holiday celebrating the passage of the 19th amendment, thus effectively granting women the right to vote. This year marks the 89th anniversary of American women’s suffrage. In honor of the celebration, the White House unveiled their website for the Council on Women and Girls and President Obama also released a Proclamation today declaring that, “the fight for women’s equality is not a woman’s agenda, but an American agenda.”