March is Women's History Month

Women’s Art: Women’s Vision is the 2008 theme for the U.S. National Women’s History Month celebration and provides a special opportunity to discover women’s visual arts in a variety of forms and mediums that help expand our perceptions of ourselves and each other.  The U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem will recognize and celebrate the contributions of American and Palestinian women with special events throughout the month.  

Please visit us frequently for updated information on our activities in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem.

Consulate Jerusalem Commemorative Activities

• Palestinian Women Artists Illustrate their Future through Cultural Envoy Program

Bringing together American and Palestinian art traditions, the U.S. Consulate General and the Palestinian Ministry of Culture launched a joint program to engage 15 Palestinian female artists in a month-long workshop with U.S. State Department Cultural Envoy and American artist Helen Zughaib.  The workshops will explore the theme of Women’s Art, Women’s Vision, this year's Women's History Month theme, and will culminate in an exhibit of the artists’ work to open on March 13 in Ramallah.  (more)

 

• International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony 2008

  Secretary Rice (Mar. 10): "From Somalia and Fiji, to Iraq and Afghanistan, from Pakistan and Paraguay to Kosovo and the Palestinian Territories, these women of courage are transforming their societies from the bottom up, and in doing so, they are inspiring us all. Our eight honorees are among 95 exceptional women who were nominated by American Embassies worldwide. Despite differences of language, ethnicity and background, these eight women share a commitment to the non-negotiable demands of human dignity – the conviction that no culture, no religion, and no tradition of any nation provides license for treating women as objects or instruments to be commanded by another."

  Secretary Rice Salutes a Palestinian International Women of Courage (more)

Learn more about Women’s History Month:

• Why Celebrate Women History Month?
• The National Women's History Project (NWHP)

Celebrate by:

• Clicking on Women’s History Month Links
• Reading About Women of Influence
• Reading Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women”
• Taking a Free Women’s Studies Course from M.I.T.
• Exploring Women’s Health Issues
• Exploring more Women’s Health Resources

International Women’s Organizations, Laws & Reports

• International Women’s Media Foundation
• UN Women Watch
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
• UN Major Publications and Periodic Reports on Women

  The American Women’s Rights Movement
  

  • History of Women’s Suffrage in the U.S.
  • Women’s Suffrage Tactics and Techniques
  • Women’s Movement
  • The Equal Rights Amendment

    American Women’s Organizations
    

    • National Women’s Hall of Fame
    • Notable Speeches by U.S. Women, 1849–Present
    • Women in Sports
    • Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business
    • League of Women Voters
    • Congressional Women’s Caucus
    • Women’s Legislative Network
    • National Organization for Women (NOW)
    • Center for American Women and Politics
    • National Council of Women’s Organizations
    • Association for Women in Science
    • National Association of Women Business Owners
    • Women in the United States
    • Working for Women, Worldwide: The U.S. Commitment
    • Quotations by Notable Women