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International Women's Year. International Women's Year ( IWY) was the name given to 1975 by the United Nations. Since that year March 8 has been celebrated as International Women's Day, and the United Nations Decade for Women, from 1976 to 1985, was also established. [1] [2]
The 2020 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a Belgian road cycling one-day race that was originally scheduled for 26 April 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was rescheduled to 4 October, and it was the 106th edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège and part of the 2020 UCI World Tour . The race was won by Primož Roglič in a tumultuous sprint ...
The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. ( NCNW) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1935 with the mission to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African-American women, their families, and communities. Mary McLeod Bethune, the founder of NCNW, wanted to encourage the participation of Negro women in civic, political ...
The UCI Women's World Tour is the premier annual female elite road cycling tour. As of 2024, the tour includes 28 events in Europe, Asia and Oceania – with one-day races such as Strade Bianche Donne and Paris–Roubaix Femmes, and stage races such as Women's Tour Down Under, as well as week long stage races (sometimes referred to as Grand Tour) such as Tour de France Femmes.
The focus of the theme was on innovative ways in which to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women, particularly in the areas of social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure. The federal state of Berlin marked International Women's Day as a public holiday for the first time. 2020
The Special Victims Unit is called in after a woman who is part of a women's empowerment group is found brutally sexually assaulted and murdered. The prime suspect quickly becomes her ex-husband due to her violent past with him, but eventually the detectives are led to the empowerment group's charismatic male leader ( Sebastian Roché ) who may ...
Philadelphia School of Design for Women (1848–1932) was an art school for women in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Housed in the former Edwin Forrest House at 1346 North Broad Street, under the directorship of Emily Sartain (1886–1920), it became the largest art school for women in the United States. Its faculty included Robert Henri, Samuel ...
The 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship was the motor racing championship for Formula One cars which was the 71st running of the Formula One World Championship. It marked the 70th anniversary of the first Formula One World Drivers' Championship. [1] The championship was recognised by the governing body of international motorsport, the ...