{"id":118,"date":"2026-03-08T21:47:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T21:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richmondunited.ca\/?p=118"},"modified":"2026-03-08T21:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T21:48:17","slug":"international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richmondunited.ca\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"International Women&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">On <strong>International Women\u2019s Day<\/strong>, Andy Hobbs, a councillor in Richmond, recognizes and celebrates the remarkable contributions of women in the community and around the world. As a longtime public servant and retired police superintendent who now serves on Richmond City Council, Hobbs has emphasized the importance of respect, equality, and opportunity for all members of society. International Women\u2019s Day is a moment to acknowledge the leadership, courage, and achievements of women in families, workplaces, and public life, while also recommitting to a future where women and girls have equal opportunities to succeed. The day reminds communities like Richmond that progress comes through supporting one another and ensuring that women\u2019s voices continue to shape a stronger, more inclusive society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On International Women\u2019s Day, Andy Hobbs, a councillor in Richmond, recognizes and celebrates the remarkable contributions of women in the community and around the world. As a longtime public servant and retired police superintendent who now serves on Richmond City Council, Hobbs has emphasized the importance of respect, equality, and opportunity for all members of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richmondunited.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richmondunited.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richmondunited.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richmondunited.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richmondunited.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/richmondunited.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"https:\/\/richmondunited.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions\/121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richmondunited.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richmondunited.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richmondunited.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richmondunited.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}