Women's History Month 2024
Women’s financial empowerment is essential to the work we do at YWCA, ensuring women — especially women of color — are empowered to pursue their dreams and be financially independent. During #WomensHistoryMonth, learn about our empowerment programming: https://www.ywca.org/empowerment-economic-advancement
Bodily Autonomy - Jazmine Wildcat
Women's History Month honors the world-changing women of the past who inspire the girls who lead today — girls such as Jazmine Wildcat! She is an advocate and new voice in the fight to end violence against Native women and for those across
Native American communities. Jazmine was only 10 years old when she led a rally in which she advocated for the passage of the Violence Against Women Act.
Bodily Autonomy - Sylvia Rivera
Women's History Month celebrates the experiences of all women. Today, we're proud to uplift transgender activist Sylvia Rivera, who fought against the exclusion of transgender people from the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act in New York. The final bill passed in 2002 and prevents discrimination “on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, credit, and the exercise of civil rights.”
Women's Financial Empowerment/Caregiving - Maggie L. Walker
Women's History Month celebrates the experiences of all women. Today, we're proud to uplift transgender activist Sylvia Rivera, who fought against the exclusion of transgender people from the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act in New York. The final bill passed in 2002 and prevents discrimination “on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, credit, and the exercise of civil rights.”
Women's Financial Empowerment/Caregiving - Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who champions immigrants’ rights, women's rights, and economic justice. Read how she became one of the most influential activists of the 20th century: bit.ly/3Td7od5
Women's Financial Empowerment/Caregiving - Rosalynn Carter
Rosalynn Carter was an advocate for women's rights & humanitarian who championed causes such as mental health & caregiving, intersecting the 2 into the creation of @RCICaregiving. During #WHM2024, read more about her mental health & caregiving legacy: bit.ly/48zikGD
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