Each experience will be different, Schlamp said, but there are similar uniting factors for those working toward women s equality. There will be people who have been on the front lines of fighting for equality and equity in women s paid work, and in recognizing the importance of the need for child care and the burden that women have had in terms of care positions and things like that, of often underpaid and undervalued work in our communities, for a long time, she said.
Schlamp said the pandemic has meant scaled-down celebrations, but the YWCA will put resources into a short film on the history of the women of distinction award in this province, and look ahead to International Women s Day in 2022.