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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING MARCH 8, 2025, AS "INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY" IN THE STATE

OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Fogarty, Kazarian, Casimiro, Alzate, Stewart, Cruz,
Tanzi, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, and Chippendale

     Date Introduced: March 11, 2025

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, International Women's Day has been observed since the early 1900s, at a

time when women's oppression and inequality were spurring women to become more vocal,

active, and demanding of change; and

     WHEREAS, The first National Women's Day was observed in the United States on

February 28, 1909, during which women protested and demanded shorter work hours, better pay,

and voting rights; and

     WHEREAS, In 1911, the first countries to honor International Women's Day were

Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland, with more than one million women and men

attending International Women's Day rallies, demanding women's rights including the right to

work, vote, and hold public office, and to put an end to discrimination in general; and

     WHEREAS, In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed March 8th as

International Women's Day throughout the world, a day that is celebrated in the United States and

globally; and

     WHEREAS, International Women's Day has grown exponentially, nationally and

internationally, in both developed and developing countries alike; and

     WHEREAS, The campaign theme for International Women's Day 2025 is "Accelerate

Action". This theme calls for people to take action to speed up gender equality. The World

Economic Forum estimates that it will take until 2158 to achieve gender parity at the current rate

of progress. At this rate, it would take approximately five generations to reach gender equality.

However, by taking action together, we can speed up the rate of progress; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

recognizes March 8, 2025, as "International Women's Day" in the State of Rhode Island; and be it

further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Daniel McKee, Governor of the

State of Rhode Island.

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