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Last revision date: January 10, 2010

2010

• January/February – Calling on Congress to Stop Genocide and The Shriver Report – A Women’s Nation Changes Everything: A study by Marie Shriver and the Center for American Progress

2009

• November/December – Web site for the 2010 Zonta International Convention
• September/October – 2nd Annual Human Trafficking Awareness Symposium
• July/August – Information about Liberia
• May/June – Information about El Salvador and Guatemala
• March/April – Information about Rwanda
• January/February – Zonta International Foundation and Heifer International

2008

• November/December – UNIFEM – Say NO to Violence against Women
• September/October – Human Trafficking Awareness Symposium
• July/August – US State Department Trafficking in Persons Report 2008
• May/June – Polaris Project – For a World without Slavery
• March/April – BBC: News from around the world
• January/February – History of Dance

2007

• November/December – Thanksgiving
• July/August – Zonta International and the United Nations
• March – Council of Europe
• February – The History of the Valentine
• January – Amelia Earhart

2006

• December – BBC
• November – Today in Women’s History
• October is….National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• September is….Women in Medicine Month
  National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
  National Preparedness Month
• August – Distinguished Women of Past and Present
• July – Women’s eNews News for Women and Resources for Journalists
• June – Sudoku – On-line puzzles and Free Travel Tips
• May – May Day!
  • May Day – Wikipedia
  • May Day in Europe
  • CNN: Mexican Boycott on May Day
• April – April Fools’ Day – What it is all about!
  • Origin and History
  • April Fools R Us
  • More History
  • Library of Congress – Today in History
  • Wikipedia: April Fool’s Day
• March AARP Rip-off Alert
• February
  • President signs H.R. 972
  • HumanTrafficking.org
  • Congressman Chris Smith – HR 972 author
  • Stop-Trafficking List
  • U.S. Newswire Release
• January
  • These are the Modern-Day Trailblazers
  • New Year’s Resolutions
  • Healthy New Year’s Resolutions
  • 5 Healthy Resolutions for Women
  • New Year Trivia Quiz

2005

• December “Solstice rituals actively embody the message that even though the night seems never-ending, the light does return and goodness and life can triumph in the end over evil and death.” — Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer, artistic director San Francisco Bay Revels
  Winter Solstice
  Ancient Origins
  Yule
• November – Rosa Parks
  • New York Times
  • Scholastic – Women Who Changed History
  • Grand Times Interview
  • Academy of Achievement
• October –
  • Jewish High Holy days
  • Early Celtic Traditions Foreshadowed Halloween – An NPR program with Bob Edwards and Thistle and Shamrock host, Fiona Ritchie
  • Pumpkin Nook – Everything you would ever need to know about pumpkins: growing, eating, facts, carving, history, games and more.
  • Halloween Customs and Traditions
• September – National Woman’s Party
  Photographs from the Library of Congress
  Friday, August 26, was the 85th anniversary of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote.
• August – Status of Women – Around the World – More links, recent events.
• July – Status of Women – Around the World
• June
  • Ellis Island Foundation Search passenger arrival records, photographs, history.
  • The Virtual Wall – Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • The Wine Seller
• May – History of Mother’s Day and Mother’s Day Mammograms Continue to Save Lives
• April – PBS Program on Frida Kahlo and Quotes and Information
  57th Conference on World Affairs University of Colorado – Boulder, April 4-8, 2005
• March – National Women’s History Month
  • The Story of National Women’s History Month
  • How did March come to be Women’s History Month?
  • The History of Women’s Hostory Month
  • Spanish-language Resources for National Women’s History Month
• February – UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund
  The History of Valentine’s Day – from The History Channel and Valentine’s Day Recipes – and food poem
• January – New Year Traditions from around the world
  and Everything you need to know about “Auld Lang Syne”

And for fun: New Year Word Search Puzzle

2004

• December – Marian de Forest, Zonta Founder and
  Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic®
• November – Funny Political Quotes and Political Cartoons and And more cartoons
• October – The Sacramento Bee – Diana Griego Erwin: Iraqi women try to help
  Americans see the country through their eyes.
• September – allAfrica.com African women and gender headlines.
• August – League of Women Voters
• July – Women in Iraq
  Iraqi Women’s Democracy Initiative and Creation of the U.S.-Iraq Women’s Network
  Human Rights Watch – Iraq: Interim Constitution Shortchanges Women
  Human Rights Watch – Background on Women’s Status in Iraq
  July 2003 Report – Sexual Violence in Iraq
• June – Today in Women’s History
• May – United Nations: 48th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, March 1-12, 2004
  Zonta International is listed as a participating NGO.
• April – 56th Conference on World Affairs
  See Renee Troppe’s daughter, Megan McLean, listed under Staff Link
• March – March 8, 2004 is International Women’s Day!
  IWD by the United Nations Department of Public Information and A History of International Women’s Day in words and images by Joyce Stevens, Australia Beecher Stowe
• February National Association of Commissions for Women The voice of women empowered to achieve equality.
• January Women’s History

2003

• December About.com: What you need to know about women’s issues
• October Alta Vista Translation Site (English to Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and these languages back to English) It will translate a block of text or a web page.
• September Teoma – Search with Authority
• August American Family Immigration History Center – The Statue of Liberty – Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.
• July U.N. Commission of the Status of Women and Institute for Women’s Policy Research
• June Peace Women: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom with a section devoted to the UN and Women: Women and the United Nations
• May AWID: Association for Women’s Rights in Development and Women’s Human Rights Resources – University of Toronto
• April American Civil Liberties Union – Women’s Rights and
  Women’s Rights National Historical Park located in Seneca Falls, NY
• March The Debbie Smith Act – HR 2874
  and Dress for Success
• February Amelia Earhart – The Early Years
• January The United Nations and the Status of Women: Setting the Global Gender Agenda and Women’s Status in mid 19th-Century England

2002

• December Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
• November National Women’s Hall of Fame and Thanksgiving
• October Women and the UN System and Cultural Survival
• September Rocky Mountain
  Women’s Film Festival – Video Library and Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children
• August U.S. – Afghan Women’s Council / Fact Sheet and Tibetan Women’s Association
• July Zonta International 2002 Convention and Incident and Recovery Information
• June Women’s Studies / Women’s Issues Resource Sites and U. S. Department of State – International Women’s Issues
• May – From the Area 4 Meeting Guest Speaker/Topic: POPS – Persistent Organic Pollutants
  United Nations Environment Program – POPS and Health Care Without Harm and The International POPs Elimination Network
• April Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women in Illinois and The Women’s Foundation of Colorado
• March Women Watch: The UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women
• February U.N. Division for the Advancement of Women and Letter from Zonta to U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
• January Human Rights Watch

2001

• December UNICEF
• November Pikes Peak Zonta Scrapbook!
• October Colorado Women’s Agenda
  
• September The National Women’s Hall of Fame
• August The Glass Ceiling
• July The Women’s Alliance
• June Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence
• May Air Force Academy Library
• April http://internetmarketingworkshop.com/demo/resources.htm