International Women’s Day 2010
International Women’s Day is an opportunity to pay tribute to women’s accomplishments here in Ottawa and around the world. It is also a day where we pay special attention to the challenges facing women in our society, and to consider what can and should be done to make gains in these areas.
The City of Ottawa assists various organizations throughout the city that work tirelessly for women’s causes. Amongst other activities, the City of Ottawa actively promotes girls’ and women’s sports programs, supports the Somali Women’s health line, and participates in the City for All Women Initiative. Today, I would like to congratulate the Ottawa Council of Women, as well as all other organizations throughout our city that tackle issues that relate to women and their families in our community and across Canada.
I encourage all residents of the City of Ottawa - women and men, boys and girls - to promote International Women’s Day and International Women’s Week. I sincerely hope that in the next year we will not only continue to see progress on women’s issues here in Ottawa, but also advancements in every part of the world.
March 16th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
I sincerely believe that women have a place in the world first as mothers and homemakers in a stable family unit and our society has striven to destroy and diminish this role to the detriment of the family. Yes, women have other talents aside from being the only part of the male-female dichotomy to be able to carry a fertilized egg to term and bring a child into this world. That is what the creator of all things has primarily created her for, as well as being the companion of the father of their children. Ever since the advent of radical feminism, men and women, has taken hold in our country, we have seen a dramatic increase in divorces (thanks to easy divorce laws, abortion (thanks to Mr. Henry Morgentaler and his supporters), and youthful unmarried motherhood (thanks to liberalization of morality) and countless other ill effects brought on by the liberaliztion of social mores and standards of decency.
It is my contention that the lack of education for and fostering of the family, homemaking, motherhood and fatherhood need to be reversed against the din of the so-called “politically correct” approach of liberalizing everything to the detriment of motherhood and the family. Men and women of good will need to take a stand against the minority position that motherhood and childbearing are some kind of disease to be stamped out at all cost. The only thing that this evil needs to continue to grow and prosper is for good people to do nothing. If we continue to ignore the obvious damage that our current socio-political and economic approach to family, motherhood and childbearing we will continue to reap nothing but grief and economic hardship.
March 18th, 2010 at 7:03 am
In response to Richard Hudon’s comments - I think that most people would agree that the family structure was far better in days gone by when the typical family unit consisted of one bread winner ( generally the husband and father ) and one parent who stayed at home ( generally the wife and mother ). Society’s morals and values seemed far better in those days.
Today, for example, when a child enters the education system - the teachers know very very quickly whether that child is a child of divorce or not. Too many children these days have way too many parents !
Kevin Shea
Ottawa