After events on the Health of Women Globally have taken place they will be placed here to develop a library of all the events that have taken place in the series.
INTRODUCTORY EVENT : International Women's Day on 8th March, 2023.
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This event was held on March 8th to celebrate International Women's Day and introduce the Network's new Prism Series on Women's Health Globally, It describes the history of International Women's Day and what the Women's Movement has achieved over the last 120 years or so. This includes a UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. It explores this year's theme of Embracing Equity and disentangles the distinctions between Equality and Equity, placing them in the context of Social Justice.
Supporting materials
International Women's Day (Website)
International Women's Day Background (From the UN)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, New York, 18 December 1979(From the UN)
The History of Wives under English Law (Lecture tracing the law back as far as AD 654)
Custody rights over children (Very brief summary of the changes in the late 1800s)
Equity versus Equality : What's the Difference (Article from the School of Public Health, George Washington University)
