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C<\/span>algary\u2019s largest women\u2019s organization, YWCA Calgary ,\u00a0<\/a>celebrated international women\u2019s day on March 8 by showcasing the \u201cShe Who Dares\u201d<\/a> exhibit.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Our goal for this project was to tell the stories of 150 women who have shaped our community since before Confederation,\u201d vice-president of YWCA Elsbeth Mehrer said.<\/p>\n The She Who Dares exhibit was created to shine a light on women who are often under-represented in the history books, or whose contributions don\u2019t seem to count in the same way that men\u2019s contributions do, Mehrer added.<\/p>\n YWCA Calgary wanted to celebrate women who were the first females in their industry, women who started art festivals, and women who contributed to the economy in a large way.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing able to share, tell some of the stories, and celebrate that those contributions matter, is what we were trying to do,\u201d Mehrer added.<\/p>\n YWCA Calgary supports women who are going through a crisis, unemployed, suffering from domestic violence, or seeking shelter, Mehrer added.<\/p>\n \u201cInternational women\u2019s day is an important day to reflect on the state of women in Calgary.\u201d<\/p>\n Mehrer added, \u201cThis day has been observed for many years with an eye to recognize the continued inequalities.\u201d<\/p>\n Although there have been movements to ensure gender equality, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done, Mehrer added.<\/p>\n \u201cPay equality, and recognizing equivalent work with equal pay, to me, is the next front.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s about thinking to yourself, what would you do differently if you knew better?- Elsbeth Mehrer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As gender diverse people, its important to be introspective and think about how others are upholding their values, and challenge someone else who may have made a sexist comment, or is holding someone else back.<\/p>\n The statistics and evidence is clear as to why we as a society need a women\u2019s day, Mehrer added.<\/p>\n \u201cWomen in Alberta are earning 68 cents to every dollar that a man earns.<\/p>\n \u201cThis battle for equality isn\u2019t done yet. Inequality actually hurts all of us, it holds men back too when women can’t fully participate and contribute to the community,\u201d Mehrer said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Calgary\u2019s largest women\u2019s organization, YWCA Calgary ,\u00a0celebrated international women\u2019s day on March 8 by showcasing the \u201cShe Who Dares\u201d exhibit. \u201cOur goal for this project was to tell the stories of 150 women who [ READ MORE ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":408,"featured_media":44130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_text_assignment-slug":"S4 International Women's Day","footnotes":""},"categories":[1586],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-image","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-recreational-sports","8":"post_format-post-format-image"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/408"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44127"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44445,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44127\/revisions\/44445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}