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Kanata-Stittsville members and friends of Zonta painting the plywood cutout ladies orange
On Sunday 23 August, members of the Zonta Club of Kanata-Stittsville and friends of Zonta gathered at the “Pie ‘n Paint” event to paint our new 15 plywood lady cutouts orange. Afterwards, we rewarded ourselves with delicious pies! Thanks go to all our friends and neighbours for a fun and efficient painting session!
Look for our Orange Ladies around Stittsville and Kanata during the Zonta Says NO to Violence against Women campaign 25 November – 10 December.
The story of the Orange Lady started in Australia. In Germany they are called Matilda because they came from Australia. Since 2013, the Zonta Club of Ipswich, District 22 in Australia, has been promoting the Zonta Says NO to Violence against Women campaign during the 16 Days of Activism (25 Nov-10 Dec) by distributing 16, freestanding,orange, cutout ladies to local businesses and organisations that each host a lady for the 16 days. Each lady displays specific information and statistics about violence against women and girls to bring attention to the many forms of gender-based violence that occur in our communities and of which we are often unaware.
