Queen Latifah Announces Women's Confidence Day
First Wednesday in June Will Celebrate Building Women's Self-Esteem
By Britney Johnson, ABC News Correspondent

 
June 7, 2006 — The country is celebrating women's confidence, by official decree. The singer and actress Queen Latifah, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., and the YWCA-USA teamed up today to launch the first annual National Women's Confidence Day on Capitol Hill. Now printed in the Congressional Record, women’s' confidence, self-esteem and self-respect will be officially celebrated the first Wednesday of every June by millions of women across the country.
 
The goal of the day is to acknowledge and increase the confidence of individual women in their personal and professional lives, say organizers. The YWCA hopes that the day will remind women to radiate confidence daily, which should help them reach their goals.
 
"I am someone with or without this man. I am someone with or without this job, with or without these tight jeans. I am a strong woman. I can survive," Latifah said while explaining the importance of confidence in the lives of women.
 
She also discussed the role of parental figures, society's exclusion of young girls and women, and the importance of women maintaining inspiration after college and into their careers.
 
National Women's Confidence Day is the first phase of the multifaceted women's empowerment initiative that includes training, research and educational programs aimed at confidence building.
 
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