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HISTORY:
A 100 Years of Zonta (Almost)
ADVOCACY:
Your Silence Will Not Protect
You
WOMEN'S MOVEMENT:
The Power of Women Through the Ages
SOCIAL ISSUES:
Zonta Continues to Matter
COMMITTEES & PROGRAMS:
Pat Ourselves on the Back (We Do A Lot!)
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This Lakhota word means honest and trustworthy.
What is Zonta?
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A process by an individual or a group which aims to influence policy and resource allocation.
What is advocacy?
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This Zontian was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Who is Amelia Earhart?
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This phrase is used to describe the ongoing, and often invisible, barriers to women's advancement to corporate leadership levels.
What is the glass ceiling?
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This annual women's-only sporting event has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support causes consistent with Zonta's mission.
What is the Betty Thomson Golf Classic?
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In this year, the League of Nations was formed; Canadian women got the vote; and a small group of professional women got together in Buffalo, New York to support the advancement of women in the workforce.
What is 1919
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Around the world, this day serves to inspire and celebrate the achievements of women.
What is International Women's Day?
200
This anthropologist's work in Samoa informed the sexual revolution of the 1960's
Who is Margaret Mead
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To this day, women earn an average 30% less than men, even controlling for education, experience and ambition.
What is the gender pay-gap?
200
The Service Committee has taken up this Zonta International program by awarding $1000 annually to a nominee who has demonstrated leadership and activism in the community.
What is the Young Women in Public Affairs Award?
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In 1927, Zonta expanded into this country and officially became Zonta International.
What is Canada
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To improve the legal, political, economic, educational, health and professional status of women; and to promote justice and universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.
What are the objects of Zonta advocacy?
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This playwright and journalist conceived the idea of bringing women in executive positions together to help women reach their rightful place within the professions, thus sparking the movement that became Zonta International.
Who is Marian De Forest?
300
Globally, gender-based violence is the least recognized human rights violation. This Zonta International campaign is working to change that, raising greater awareness and commitment to ending violence against women.
What is Zonta Says No?
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The work of this committee has gotten our name and work out to community stakeholders, built our social media presence, and increased the traffic on our website by 200%.
What is the PR Committee?
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When the United Nations was formed i n this year. Zonta international was among the first NGO's to affiliate, advocating for gender equality in economic, labour and social policy.
What is 1945?
400
Never underestimate the power this to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has
What is a small group of people?
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Having launched the Person's Case in 1927, Nelly McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Emily Murphy, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby have gone down in Canadian history as this.
Who are the "Famous Five"?
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In Canada, this group of women is more likely to experience poverty, ill-health, abuse and abduction than any other group of women in the country.
What is Aboriginal Women?
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In 2012, the Advocacy Committee joined forces with Canadian Federation of University Women, Women in Crisis, Immigrant Services, and the GoGo Grandmothers to host for the first time in the City of Guelph this international event that started in the Congo and Rawanda to call for peace and an end to all forms of violence.
What is Women on the Bridge?
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The Zonta emblem is not merely decorative. It is an adaptation and composite of several Sioux Indian symbols, including the symbols for standing and working together. This part of the emblem symbolizes "flash of radiance" and is used to mean inspiration.
What is the letter "Z"?
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Produce a position paper that clarifies the key issues and puts forward relevant facts to influence the development of a new program e.g. "Increasing the Number of Women on Corporate Boards: Solutions and Strategies"
What is an example of great advocacy?
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Feminist, journalist and activist, she coined the phrase "reproductive freedom", and has famously said "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."
Who is Gloria Steinem?
500
Around the world, 1 in 3 girls are denied access to this, which is foundational to their ability to raise themselves, their families and their communities out of poverty.
What is education?
500
Together with the Zonta Club of Cambridge, the Zonta Club of Guelph has helped assemble over 7000 of these to reduce the risk of infection, and promote the health of mothers and their babies at a critical moment in time.
What are birthing kits?