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Happy #IWD2023! If you've listened to our podcast All Ears with Abigail Disney or watched #AmericanDreamDoc you already know: we love celebrating workers. Here's a thread with quotes from some of the smartest voices supporting workers today. (1/6)
Author @hmcghee wrote The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.
#IWD2023
Buy @thesumofusbook: bit.ly/40QB2FI
Hear her on All Ears with Abigail Disney: bit.ly/40GpzZr
(2/6)
#IWD2023
Buy @thesumofusbook: bit.ly/40QB2FI
Hear her on All Ears with Abigail Disney: bit.ly/40GpzZr
(2/6)
Entrepreneur and activist @NickHanauer hosts @PitchforkEcon.
For #IWD2023 listen to the episode of All Ears where he and @abigaildisney discuss the growth of the middle class. bit.ly/41SiKFC
(3/6)
For #IWD2023 listen to the episode of All Ears where he and @abigaildisney discuss the growth of the middle class. bit.ly/41SiKFC
(3/6)
Extraordinary to watch the mind of the American humanist playwright Lorraine Hansberry at work here in 1960. A true talent and inspiration, Hansberry was the first black woman to have a play produced on Broadway – wonderful to see her passion shine through. #HumanistHeritage
Her most famous play, A Raisin in the Sun (which debuted in 1959), is a fearless commentary on racial discrimination, segregation, and the 'American dream'. It's a fantastic piece of drama, which you can watch in full on YouTube.
Hansberry was good friends with musician Nina Simone, and after Lorraine's death in 1965, Simone went on to write the song 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' in her memory, subsequently becoming an anthem of the Civil Rights movement. #IWM2023
@ctvottawa The hijacking that occurred on #IWD2023 showed #canpoli & funded orgs shamelessly falling over themselves to centre males. They exposed themselves as having done nothing of significance to address real issues affecting women #OnTheBasisOfSex, like repro rights, #femicide, #VAW.
@ctvottawa #Canadians are told ‘there’s no gender equality without trans women’, but no one can back up the rhetoric with substance. No one can answer the simple inquiring question, Why?
Why are female sex-based rights & protections as enshrined in the @CanadianCharter being held hostage?
Why are female sex-based rights & protections as enshrined in the @CanadianCharter being held hostage?
@ctvottawa @CanadianCharter Why are males, especially rapists and violent offenders who begin identifying as trans after their crimes and convictions, being placed in the Women's prison estate? And all this against the Geneva convention.
I'm on a mission to reclaim #IWD2023
Today I will be collating a list of amazing women we can celebrate today and every day, and adding them to this thread.
#women
#womeninhistory
#amazingwomen
Today I will be collating a list of amazing women we can celebrate today and every day, and adding them to this thread.
#women
#womeninhistory
#amazingwomen
Here's a starter...
Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields.
Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields.
During the 1950s, U.S. society was largely segregated between Black & white citizens, including on public transport. On Dec. 1, 1955, seamstress Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, for which she was arrested.
#Gender biases in capital punishment proceedings expose the discriminatory, inhuman and arbitrary nature of the #DeathPenalty and the urgent need for abolition.
Find out more at worldcoalition.org/campagne/makin……
#WomensDay #IWD2023 #WomenOnDeathRow #IgnoredNoMore
Find out more at worldcoalition.org/campagne/makin……
#WomensDay #IWD2023 #WomenOnDeathRow #IgnoredNoMore
Below are the stories of 3 women subject to the #deathpenalty. Tragically #WomenOnDeathRow , and in prison, are largely ignored even on #InternationalWomensDay
Ending the #deathpenalty is part of the fight against gendered violence and must be part of #InternationalWomensDay & our work everyday to create a more gender just world.
On #InternationalWomensDay we salute all women who have helped drive the #animalrights movement. Here are just a few without whom ADI would not be what it is today. ADI President Jan Creamer & Yani Mateus of ADI Colombia sending off big cats to a new life at #ADIWildlifeSanctuary
CSI star & ADI Ambassador @JorjaFoxofficia promoting #StopCircusSuffering campaign. ADI veterinarians Ines Nole, Eva Chomba & Jimena Delgadillo taking care of Smith during Peru rescue. ADI’s Jan & Jett (Executive Director of our LA office) care for Rolex during Peru rescue.
Dr Lo Sprague & Rev Dr Gwynne Guibord, founders of the #ADIWildlifeSanctuary (ADIWS), whose documentary ANIMA was produced by @GuibordCenter, for ADI. Actress Kim Matula hosted most recent Congressional launch of #TEAPSPA. ADIWS Director Karen Williams during recent dental work.
A very good morning to you all from Naarm!
And happy #WorldKidneyDay @NIKTTaskforce @Keliyari13 @AKction2 @RJLester86 @big_budgie_ @jaqui_hughes @shyamrith @shilpa_jes
Today I will be tweeting from the ‘Making Connections: Multiculturalism and Interculturalism in Australia’ conference ❤️ as well hoping to find more excellent #IWD2023 🧁 tweets, going back to the #SystemsThinking conversations & generally being random 😂
For #InternationalWomenDay2023 #IWD2023, here’s a thread of some of the amazing stories we’ve published from female authors over the last twelve months 🧵 🪡
It's #InternationalWomensDay and while I love celebrating women, let's talk about what supporting women does and doesn't look like...#IWD2023
Supporting women looks like offering them opportunities because you value their expertise, not because "you need a women" #IWD2023 #InternationalWomensDay
Supporting women looks like checking your healthcare provision covers issues that disproportionately affect women #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2023
To truly honor #IWD2023 and its goals, we must revisit the story of International Working Women's Day, of thousands of fed-up workers boiling over into the streets of New York.
Today, we celebrate what we've accomplished and make an honest assessment of what oppresses us. (1/11)
Today, we celebrate what we've accomplished and make an honest assessment of what oppresses us. (1/11)
The RNs of @NationalNurses have a reputation for being outspoken, for being militant, and for being unafraid to strike when necessary.
So we feel a real kinship with the working women who led a history-changing strike that gave rise to #InternationalWomensDay. (2/11)
So we feel a real kinship with the working women who led a history-changing strike that gave rise to #InternationalWomensDay. (2/11)
The earliest known "Women's Day" celebrations were held in New York City in March 1910 to celebrate garment workers.
Over the course of a two-month strike in 1909, these working women changed the course of history and U.S. labor for the better. (3/11) teenvogue.com/story/internat…
Over the course of a two-month strike in 1909, these working women changed the course of history and U.S. labor for the better. (3/11) teenvogue.com/story/internat…
In honor of #InternationalWomensDay, we’d like to shine a spotlight on some of the amazing women building on Replit.
From teen coders to professional developers, Replit is for everyone!
#IWD2023
From teen coders to professional developers, Replit is for everyone!
#IWD2023
VulcanWM is a top Replit creator and an accomplished Bounty Hunter.
Her mini games, like Escape the Punch, are addicting, and her portfolio demonstrates her amazing full-stack web development skills.
Check out her profile and give her a follow!
replit.com/@VulcanWM
Her mini games, like Escape the Punch, are addicting, and her portfolio demonstrates her amazing full-stack web development skills.
Check out her profile and give her a follow!
replit.com/@VulcanWM
.@alanaagoyal is a prominent Silicon Valley investor, and she’s also the creator of one of the most popular themes on Replit, used by over 26k people.
Install Alana’s theme, and try out her LangChain Quickstart Template to get started with AI!
replit.com/@alanagoyal
Install Alana’s theme, and try out her LangChain Quickstart Template to get started with AI!
replit.com/@alanagoyal
Most people have very little idea of the huge and dangerous impacts that #ADHD can have on women and girls.
A thread 1/9
#ADHDWomen #IWD2023 #InternationalWomensDay2023 #InternationalWomensDay #WomensDay #WomensDay2023
A thread 1/9
#ADHDWomen #IWD2023 #InternationalWomensDay2023 #InternationalWomensDay #WomensDay #WomensDay2023
It is now clear from diagnoses in later life that #ADHD occurs just as often in women and girls as it does in men and boys.
But women and girls are diagnosed FAR less often, and frequently misdiagnosed 2/9
But women and girls are diagnosed FAR less often, and frequently misdiagnosed 2/9
Women with ADHD are more likely to present outwardly with inattentive traits, because hyperactive/impulsive traits are more likely to be masked and 'internalised'. 3/9
On #InternationalWomensDay, we want to take the time to highlight the strides made to ensure women have the right to vote, while also recognizing that many suffrage gains only benefited white women. 🧵 (1/5)
Despite having roots in Indigenous civilizations and abolitionism, the women’s suffrage movement came to be dominated by white women who solely advocated for their own interests after the 15th Amendment was ratified. (2/5) pbs.org/education/blog…
When the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, it prohibited denying the right to vote on the basis of sex but didn’t include protections based on race. This meant that women of color remained disenfranchised for another 45 years, until the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965. (3/5)
A thread in response to Jordan Gray's piece in @Independent for #IWD2023. Let's just unpick some of Jordan's philosophical musings on what a woman is
1/19
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🧵 Today, on International Women’s Day let’s remember & celebrate an incredible scientist who you’ve probably never heard of:
Austrian-Swedish physicist LISE MEITNER
Lise was born in Vienna in 1878.
Austrian-Swedish physicist LISE MEITNER
Lise was born in Vienna in 1878.
Lise excelled at science from an early age, but as a woman she no was advised to pursue another career.
Lise went on to co-discover and coin the term ‘fission’ anyway, although she was excluded from the Nobel Prize for it.
She also co-discovered the element protactinium.
Lise went on to co-discover and coin the term ‘fission’ anyway, although she was excluded from the Nobel Prize for it.
She also co-discovered the element protactinium.
Lise was only the second woman to obtain a doctoral degree in physics from the University of Vienna in 1905.
She was also the first woman to become a professor of physics in Germany, a position she later lost due to anti-Semitism.
She was also the first woman to become a professor of physics in Germany, a position she later lost due to anti-Semitism.
Story of Ladi kwali (1925 -1984), the woman on the Nigeria twenty naira note. White people sat and learned from here pottery
A thread
#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2023
Retweet to educate someone
A thread
#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2023
Retweet to educate someone
She was born in the village of kwali, Gwari region of Northern Nigeria, where pottery was a common occupation among women. She was so skilled that her work became known in Europe, Britain and America.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, her work was displayed in London at the Berkeley Galleries. She became Nigeria's best - known Potter, was awarded a decorate and was made MBE in 1963 despite not having a formal education.
A real queen
A real queen
International Women’s Day #IWD2023, is a reminder that too often women’s voices are dismissed, talked over, and suppressed. Today, on #IWD2023 as with every other day, we will work to empower, amplify and centre the voices of women and birthing people
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so their decisions about their body, their birth and their baby are central to the maternity care they receive. birthrights.org.uk/advice-factshe…
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The infamous Denton's report which it was hoped would become "a powerful tool for activists" appears to have been followed once again in focusing on the "woman-in-the-home" clause - whilst casually slipping in an innocent looking but more contentious aim.
irishmirror.ie/news/irish-new…
irishmirror.ie/news/irish-new…
The much maligned 1937 "women-in-the-home" clause includes a guarantee to women. The late Mr Justice Brian Walsh was surprised that it had never been tested.
Did @NWCI ever advocate for it be used to support women?
26/2/93: "Article of family faith ripe for test in courts"
Did @NWCI ever advocate for it be used to support women?
26/2/93: "Article of family faith ripe for test in courts"
So now with eyes focussed on this "sexist" language - but entirely of its time - the public may not notice what else is going on, as the Denton's handbook recommends: iglyo.com/wp-content/upl…
For #InternationalWomensDay we are celebrating 50 trailblazing women visual artists, creating work inspired by Islamic tradition
These incredible women artists on baytalfann.com are redefining Muslim culture & imagining a new future for Islamic art #IWD2023
A thread…
These incredible women artists on baytalfann.com are redefining Muslim culture & imagining a new future for Islamic art #IWD2023
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1/ Japanese artist Yukiko Futamura has a passion for Islamic art & illumination. She studied calligraphy & manuscript illumination under artist Miwako Kawaminami for nearly 2 decades. Her work is influenced by Islamic cultures #IWD2023
baytalfann.com/post/perspecti…
baytalfann.com/post/perspecti…
2/ In artist @safialatif works, the Islamic architectural elements & vivid colors are reminiscent of orientalist painter Jean-Léon Gérôme
Influenced by impressionist painters, her paintings are distinguished by loose & textured brush strokes #IWD2023
baytalfann.com/post/painting-…
Influenced by impressionist painters, her paintings are distinguished by loose & textured brush strokes #IWD2023
baytalfann.com/post/painting-…
From public figures to personal heroines, our journalists celebrate inspirational women on #InternationalWomensDay 👇 thetimes.co.uk/article/she-st…
On International Women’s Day we highlight issues that are still contributing to an unequal society, but today is also an occasion to celebrate progress.
From trailblazing icons to personal heroines quietly making a difference, our writers celebrate inspirational women #IWD2023
From trailblazing icons to personal heroines quietly making a difference, our writers celebrate inspirational women #IWD2023
1. Olena Zelenska
Before the war started, Zelenska trained as an architect and had become a renowned, award-winning script writer.
She has been dignified and demanding, asking for more weapons while calling out the atrocities happening to Ukraine’s children
Before the war started, Zelenska trained as an architect and had become a renowned, award-winning script writer.
She has been dignified and demanding, asking for more weapons while calling out the atrocities happening to Ukraine’s children
Women's Status in Abkhazia: From The Past To The Present, by Natella Akaba #IWD2023
abkhazworld.com/aw/abkhazians/…
abkhazworld.com/aw/abkhazians/…
Caucasus Women and Conflict Prevention, by Natella Akaba abkhazworld.com/aw/conflict/15…
Gender, Diaspora, Homeland, by Jade Cemre Erciyes abkhazia.co.uk/articles/139-j…
On this day in 1917, working-class women in Petrograd launched a riot that began the Russian Revolution. The day has been celebrated as #InternationalWomensDay ever since. Wishing all of our comrades a joyful and successful #IWD2023! ✊🚩🌹
1/7 On this day on 8 March 1917, soldiers’ wives and other working-class women in Petrograd, Russia launched militant protests against their country's participation in World War I and the devastating effects it had on living conditions.
2/7 The riots kicked off what would go down in history as the February Revolution, the first phase of the revolutionary process that led to the establishment of the Soviet Union. It would also firmly establish 8 March as #IWD, an international feminist holiday.
Story of Hajia Gambo Sawaba
The Woman Who Survived Forced Marriage at 13 to Become a Powerful Political Activist in The 1950s
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The Woman Who Survived Forced Marriage at 13 to Become a Powerful Political Activist in The 1950s
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#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2023
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Hajia Gambo Sawaba was a Nigerian politician and activist who was well known for her charitable causes one of which was fighting for the freedom of northern women.
The rights and status of women in Northern Nigeria have to date remained a delicate issue to comprehend or solve although progress is being made. In more recent times, the #MeToo campaign has found its way into the region.
Only 22% of the top editors across 240 major outlets in 12 markets are women, according to a new factsheet by @kirstenaeddy @amyross87 @MitaliLive @rasmus_kleis
Markets covered: 🇯🇵🇰🇷🇲🇽🇺🇸🇬🇧🇧🇷🇩🇪🇫🇮 🇭🇰🇿🇦🇪🇸🇰🇪
📱Read here reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/women-and-lead…
🧶 Key findings in thread #IWD2022
Markets covered: 🇯🇵🇰🇷🇲🇽🇺🇸🇬🇧🇧🇷🇩🇪🇫🇮 🇭🇰🇿🇦🇪🇸🇰🇪
📱Read here reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/women-and-lead…
🧶 Key findings in thread #IWD2022
In 🇫🇮🇺🇸 1/2 of the new top editors appointed in the last year are women. In many others few are. No market in our sample has a majority of women top editors in 2023. The figures:
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Among the 38 new top editors appointed, only 26% are women
👉 While 1/2 markets have seen a growing share of women among top editors, many others have seen declines, particularly in 🇿🇦South Africa: 40%>20%
#InternationalWomensDay #HappyWomensDay2023
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/women-and-lead…
👉 While 1/2 markets have seen a growing share of women among top editors, many others have seen declines, particularly in 🇿🇦South Africa: 40%>20%
#InternationalWomensDay #HappyWomensDay2023
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/women-and-lead…
