We Build Bridges
To Empower Women
Zonta Club of Berkeley / North Bay and Beyond
Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Since 1936
Zonta Berkeley and Beyond
16 Days of Activism
November 25 - December 10
WE ORANGE THE WORLD!
November is the month we bring dedicated awareness to our advocacy and activism. Zonta International's special birthday is November 8th and we begin on November 25th our first day of activism.
San Francisco City Hall illuminated in ORANGE!
On November 25th we start off our 16 Days of Activism. Faye Mellos of our sister club Zonta e-Club of Silicon Valley has once again made it possible to get The City to join the international champaign to Orange the World. On November 25th the San Francisco City Hall was illuminated orange to recognize the first day of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.
Zontians attending - Lt. Governor, Nicole Miller, Santa Clarita Valley, CA; Silicon Valley Zontians Faye Mellos (President), Joy Orlich, Kathy Paul, Clara Starr, and Linda Watanabe; Sue Fischer - Berkeley/North Bay; Vicky Nazar - Perth Australia.
The campaign "16 Days of Activism" is a civil society internationally led campaign that takes place each year. It begins on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and ends on 10 December, Human Rights Day, indicating that violence against women is the most pervasive breach of human rights worldwide. It was the brainchild of activists in 1991 at the inaugural Women's Global Leadership Institute. It is used as an organizing strategy by individuals and organizations around the world to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls.
During the 16 Days of Activism, 25 November–10 December, all Zonta clubs and districts are encouraged to take part in the Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women campaign and to take local, national and international actions to influence the making and implementation of laws, as well as changing gender-based attitudes and behaviors to end violence against women and girls.
Our Zonta Berkeley and Beyond new 16 Days of Activism Banner.
A Campaign to End Violence Against Women
on the first day of 16 Days of Activism.
Susan Fisher, Susan A. Anthony, Julia Ann Richards and Buddy the Activism Dog at the Orange the World November 25th San Francisco City Hall.
Working to End Child Marriage
Linda Watanabe, Faye Mellos of Zonta e-Club of Silicon Valley and Susan A. Anthony of Zonta Berkeley and Beyond working to end child marriage in California and everywhere.
Read the article in the Mercury News about the Chain in Protest outside South Bay legislators office
June is Pride Month
Zonta in the Bay Area Supports Worldwide LGBTQ Rights
Let's work to end discrimination in it's many forms.
Let's work to build fundamental rights worldwide.
Around the world and here in the San Francisco Bay Area live people who want to make his/her/their own choices of who to be with, who to love and who to marry.
We support that the choice to make these decisions is done without bias or discrimination from others.
We encourage all people to have the courage to be true to a best self.
When a person- however they feel comfortable and identify- is true to a best self, that person will be empowered.
That empowerment can then pay-it-forward to help improve the lives and status of others. The empowerment starting at home grows and moves out reaching women and girls around the globe.
At Zonta Berkeley/North Bay and Beyond
We take pride
that we believe in gender equality.
ZONTA INTERNATIONAL
Article II Objects
The Objects of Zonta International shall be:
(a) To improve the legal, political, economic, educational, health and professional status of women at the global and local level through service and advocacy.
(b) To work for the advancement of understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of members.
(c) To promote justice and universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.
At Zonta Berkeley/North Bay and Beyond
We take pride
that we know love is love.
Young Women in Leadership Award
filing deadline approaching
March 21,2025
Young Women in Leadership AWARD DESCRIPTION
Though about 40% of the world’s workforce is women, according to data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union, only 25.7% of all national parliamentarians were female as of 1 September 2021. Because Zonta International believes that young women are the key to women’s advancement in the field of public service, it offers the Young Women in Leadership Award, which recognizes young women, ages 16-19, for demonstrating leadership skills and commitment to public service and civic causes, and encourages them to continue their participation in public and political life.
Zonta Club of Berkeley/North Bay and Beyond offers a $500 to $1000 local award each year to a young woman who has shown exceptional interest in commitment to outstanding leadership.
2025 International Women's Day
Join us on March 8, 2025, for
International Women’s Day under the theme
'Her rights, our future, right now.'
A Global Celebration
Zonta Rose Day and International Women's Day
Cheers to all mother's, daughters, sisters and friends
who have made our lives more rewarding and fulfilled.
It is our special delight to recognize you as someone who has made a difference in the lives of others. Thank you for supporting, encouraging, mentoring, educating and loving women in your family and community. It all adds up to make the world a better place!
Achieving gender equality and women’s well-being in all aspects of life
is more crucial than ever if we want to create prosperous economies
and a healthy planet.
When women are inspired to be included, there's a sense of belonging, relevance and empowerment.” #InspireInclusion
Zonta International envisions a world in which women’s rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential. In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision-making positions on an equal basis with men. In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence.
Zonta Continues to Fight for the Rights
of Women and Girls Globally
Zonta International Statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade
News of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade this week reached Zonta International as its members gathered from around the globe in Hamburg, Germany, to discuss the continued fight for the rights of women and girls globally.
As an organization that has been working towards gender equality for more than 100 years, Zonta International is committed to upholding and improving the legal and health status of women at the global and local levels through service and advocacy. This decision by the U.S. Supreme Court takes away the rights of women in the United States to legally access critical reproductive healthcare, including safe abortion services, even as the U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among industrialized countries. The impact of this action will be severe, especially for poor, rural, Black, Indigenous and LGBTQIA+ women.
In accordance with the Zonta International Statement on Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health, we urge our members in 62 countries around the world to advocate at the national level to ensure that all women and girls have access to the full range of reproductive health services. We cannot achieve gender equality for all women and girls if they do not have the basic rights to bodily autonomy.
26 JUNE 2022
Zonta Club of Berkeley/North Bay and Beyond
No Room For Hate
Zonta Club of Berkeley/North Bay and Beyond stands by the message that there is no room for hate in our society. We advance values of social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. We strive to make this a reality in our community. We believe hate has no place, we believe in facts not fears, we say no to the spread of disinformation and NO to all violence against women.
