Daughter's Day

"Women of all ages are among the most vulnerable members of humanity. In every country, including Canada, they face many forms of abuse, neglect, poverty and violence. We condemn such injustices against women, every one of whom is someone’s daughter. We seek a better life for them and for everyone, beginning in our own community."

- Daughter's Day Organizing Committee, Edmonton, 2011 -

Daughter's Day Website

Daughter's Day

Welcome to the website for Daughter's Day! Daughter's Day is a community initiative to highlight the importance of girls and women in our society and to stop violence and human rights abuses against them.

By choosing from the menu items above, you will learn more about Daughter's Day and the inaugural event coming up on
September 1, 2012 in Churchill Square
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada).

We also have current news items pertaining to Daughter's Day and the issues surrounding it. If you are a student, you will definitely want to check out the contest details for the chance to be awarded cash and other prizes. Finally, we have information if you want to get in touch with us or connect with our social media.

Be sure to check back often as we will be updating the site on a regular basis.

Last updated: May 15, 2012

 

Contact

Contact the Daughter's Day organizational committee at daughtersday@gmail.com

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Please Donate

Help support Daughter's Day financially by becoming a contributor. All donations $10 and over will receive an income tax receipt. Donations of $50 or more will be acknowledged in our printed program as "Friends of Daughter's Day."

At the moment we only accept cheques. Please make your cheque out to the Indo-Canadian Women's Association with "Daughter's Day" listed in the memo area, and mail it to:

Indo-Canadian Women's Association
9342 - 34 Ave.
Edmonton, Alberta T6E 5X8

We thank you for helping make Daughter's Day a reality!

 

About Daughter's Day

Daughter's Day

Daughter's Day is a community-driven initiative.

The mission of Daughter's Day is for the elimination of gender inequality, violence, and discrimination against girls and women at home, at school, in the workplace, and on the street. We will also be celebrating achievements and successes of girls and women on Daughter's Day.

We also observe that the issues of gender inequality, as well as violence against girls, have drawn the attention of United Nations and most recently the governments representing G20 countries.

A meeting of 47 representatives from various organizations was held on September 21, 2011 at City Hall to plan the event. It was decided to have an annual celebration of Daughter's Day on a Saturday in the first week of September, before the schools open after summer vacation, with the inaugural Daughter's Day to be celebrated on September 1, 2012 at Churchill Square.

Dreams and objectives of establishing a Civil Society in Canada with its population from 193 nationalities, dozens of religions, dozens of cultures, and dozens of languages cannot be achieved unless 50 percent of the population - females - achieve gender equality with the other 50 percent without the threat of violence and discrimination.

We thank our sponsors the Indo-Canadian Women's Association and Citizens for a Civil Society.

Indo-Canadian Women's Association     Citizens for a Civil Society

  1. Download our flyer (PDF format) which you can distribute to others or post on bulletin boards to inform everyone about Daughter's Day.

  2. Read our Mission Statement here.

  3. Click here to read short biographies of the main organizers of Daughter's Day.

  4. Listen to our official song.