Australian National
Women's Justice Coalition
www.nwjc.org.au
Mother's Day 9
May 999
About Mother's
Day * 1999 Feature Issue
- Maternity Protection at Work
* Celebrating
Australian Women's Organisations advocating for women as mothers
Arise, then, women of this day!
Rise then women of this day!
The Mother's Day Proclamation Boston 1870 by Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)The Proclamation was (and is) a call to mothers to mobilize for peace. Julia Ward Howe was an advocate for women's sufferage and she was also the author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic
According to the World Book Encyclopedia: Julia Ward Howe made the first known suggestion for a Mother's Day in the U.S. in 1872. In 1907, Anna Jarvis began a campaign for a nationwide observance of Mother's Day. She chose the 2nd Sunday in May and began the custom of wearing a carnation. A colored carnation means that a person's mother is living. A white carnation indicates that a person's mother is dead. [The World Book Encyclopedia. 1995 ed., s.v. "Mother's Day." ]
More on Anna Jarvis and Mothering Sunday - take this link to Mother's Day - History on the ZIA Mother's Day web site
NWJC Submission to the ILO on Maternity Protection at Work
http://nwjc.org.au/ilomaternityprotection.htm
HREOC Inquiry into Pregnancy Discrimination at Work
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/sex_discrimination/workplace/s7_3_4.html
Pregnancy Discrimination - A Growing Concern
Keynote Address by Susan Halliday, Sex Discrimination Commissioner to
the IIR Diversity and EEO Conference, Sydney, 22 March 1999
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/sex_discrimination/speeches/s7_4_11.htmlPregnancy Discrimination: Hickie v Hunt and Hunt
Speech by Susan Halliday, Sex Discrimination Commissioner to the Business Law Education Centre, Employment Law Conference, Sydney, 23 June 1998. The case dealt with the failure of a legal practice to accommodate a woman's family
responsibilities.
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/sex_discrimination/speeches/s7_4_8.html
Celebrating and supporting the work of Australian women's organisations highlighting the diverse needs of women as mothers
Coalition of Activist Lesbians
Lesbian Families and Australian Laws- Jenni Millbank
http://www.coal.zip.com.au/Sole Parent's Union
http://www.go.to/soleparentsunionMaternity Alliance
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~mavoice/National Council of Single Mother's and Their Children
http://www.users.on.net/ncsmc/Nursing Mother's Association of Australia
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~nmaa/Women with Disabilities Australia
http://www.wwda.org.au/
More.. take this link to the NWJC list of Australian national women's organisations
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