{"id":97,"date":"2025-03-04T22:39:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T22:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/?p=97"},"modified":"2025-03-04T22:56:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T22:56:33","slug":"international-womens-day-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/2025\/03\/04\/international-womens-day-event\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women&#8217;s Day Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-98\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2025\/03\/IWDE-March7-232x300.png\" alt=\"Infographic of International Women's Day \" width=\"717\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2025\/03\/IWDE-March7-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2025\/03\/IWDE-March7-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2025\/03\/IWDE-March7-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2025\/03\/IWDE-March7-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2025\/03\/IWDE-March7.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day at UFV<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Join us in celebrating International Women\u2019s Day with an inspiring event featuring Sahar Maqsoodi, an Afghan women&#8217;s rights activist, writer, and senior student of political science and governance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Event Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\">\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong> March 7, 2025<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong> 9:30 \u2013 11:20 AM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> D139, Abbotsford Campus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Light refreshments will be served<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sahar Maqsoodi has a profound background in advocacy and leadership. She serves as the communications manager and NexusTalk host for HerStory Afghanistan and is a youth leader and board member for Pathways to Leadership with the Racialized, Immigrant, and Refugee Women&#8217;s Society. With experience collaborating with organizations such as the British Columbia Council for International Cooperation and Girls Toward Leadership, Sahar has made significant strides in empowering women. Her dedication to storytelling as a medium for change earned her the Girl Up Storytelling Award, recognizing her work in amplifying women&#8217;s voices.<\/p>\n<p>This event is an opportunity to hear Sahar\u2019s inspiring journey and insights on women&#8217;s rights, leadership, and global advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>For any questions, please contact <a><strong>hrisc@ufv-fsa.ca<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate International Women\u2019s Day at UFV Join us in celebrating International Women\u2019s Day with an inspiring event featuring Sahar Maqsoodi, an Afghan women&#8217;s rights activist, writer, and senior student of political science and governance. Event Details: Date: March 7, 2025 Time: 9:30 \u2013 11:20 AM Location: D139, Abbotsford Campus Light refreshments will be served Sahar &#8230; <a title=\"International Women&#8217;s Day Event\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/2025\/03\/04\/international-womens-day-event\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":98,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,3],"tags":[7,8],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrate-impact","category-global-development-studies","category-sojust-community","tag-community-events","tag-global-development-studies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}