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Natasha Rather

@natasha_rather

On the occasion of #InternationalWomensDay2019 let us remember Kashmiri women who are resolute in their fight against oppression and refuse to be silenced by the Indian State.

Zeba (name changed), 38, has been in jail since October 2019 under UAPA.

Zeba was arrested from Handwara for putting up posters allegedly inciting the people to continue shutdown protests against India after the abrogation of article 370.

Zeba was arrested for the first time in 2009, after she fought with police men at Baramulla police station who had picked up and detained her husband because Zeba’s brother had eloped with a woman and married her.

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Dr Sylvia KK

@SylviaKK

@WendyWokoma @AskAwayHealth @WHO Thank you for those ideas!
Simple, but practical and EVERYONE can adopt.

So we are done for tonight!
Of course the conversation doesn’t end here. We know that gender inequality affects a woman’s economic state and impacts her health.
#IWD2019
#BalanceForBetterNaija

@WendyWokoma

@WendyWokoma @AskAwayHealth @WHO If women are poorly represented at decision making, will our real needs be met?
It’s important to note that gender equality does NOT disrespect any man - rather it allows for harnessing of the potential in women to be used to allow development for the benefit of all.
#IWD2019

@WendyWokoma

@WendyWokoma @AskAwayHealth @WHO That was such an informative session.
Thanks to our speaker @WendyWokoma for the insightful look at this topic & to everyone who’s joined in the conversation - we appreciate you!

#IWD2019 #BalanceForBetterNaija #InternationalWomensDay2019 #AskAwayHealth

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Dr Sylvia KK

@SylviaKK

@AskAwayHealth

@AskAwayHealth Thanks @AskAwayHealth team and great work on the campaign today!

#IWD2019 is a great opportunity to showcase the powerful potential of womanhood in our generation & I’ve been excited learning fantastic things women have been doing all day.

#BalanceForBetterNaija #AskAwayHealth

@AskAwayHealth

@AskAwayHealth I’m priviledged to be joined by brilliant 21st century amazon @WendyWokoma who will be sharing her thoughts & experiences while we tackle issues around #GenderEquality in #Nigeria.First, introductions!

#IWD2019 #BalanceForBetterNaija #InternationalWomensDay2019 #AskAwayHealth

@AskAwayHealth

@AskAwayHealth @WendyWokoma Please welcome @WendyWokoma; who is an avid health promoter particularly of Women & Adolescent health because ‘they are pivotal to the sustainable growth and development of any economy’.

#IWD2019 #BalanceForBetterNaija #InternationalWomensDay2019 #AskAwayHealth

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Jake Tapper

@jaketapper

@girlscouts

In 2016, my daughter Alice noticed girls weren't raising their hands in class with the same confidence that boys were. She talked about it with her mom/my wife, her @girlscouts troop, the head of local Girl Scouts @GSCNC and came up with an idea for a RAISE YOUR HAND patch.

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/923332770973220865?lang=en

2/ In October 2017 the patch became available. (More on how to earn it here: gscnc.org/raiseyourhand)

I was very proud and tweeted this:

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/923332770973220865?lang=en

3/ An editor at the NYT saw the tweet and asked if Alice would want to work with her on an op-ed. She was and they did.

nytimes.com/2017/10/31/opi…

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Nathalie Emmanuel

@missnemmanuel

Happy International Women’s Day 💪🏽 🗣👧🏻👩🏽👱🏽‍♀️👩🏿‍🦳🧕🏼👩🏾‍🦱👱🏻‍♀️👩🏻‍🦱👵🏾👩🏽‍🦲👩🏿👧🏽👧🏾👩🏻‍🦰👩🏻‍🦲🧑🏻🧑🏾🧕🏿🧕🏻👩🏼‍🦱👩🏽‍🦰👩🏽‍🦱👧🏼👵🏻 #InternationalWomensDay2019

Thank you to the women who fought before us, the ones whose names we know and the ones we don’t... ✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏽✊🏾Thank you to those who continue to fight for equality....

Thank you to my black and brown sisters who fight for inclusive feminism ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿... because fighting racism and/or religious persecution AND sexism is no joke... To our white sister allies... we see you and thank you too.

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James Dyer

@jamescdyer

It’s #InternationalWomensDay and in a bid to save the time and sanity spent addressing the same old shit that comes up every year, I’ve pre-written my responses to the inevitable tide of hand-wringing. Pick the answer that applies to your particular grievance and have a nice IWD.

1. There is, it’s on 19 November. Don’t be a dick. Also, since we all live in a patriarchal society, *every* day is basically International Men’s Day.

2. 1 in 4 women suffer domestic violence, 1 in 5 women have been sexually assaulted, women are paid 8.6% less, and on top of that they have to deal with daily abuse from malignant corners of Internet fandom. But please do carry on with the narrative that men are the real victims.

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Binta Kasim Mohammed

@Bazazzaga

@elrufai

I am listening to 103.1FM in Kaduna right now & one Ustaz Adam Zaria is trying so hard to convince people against @elrufai on the basis that for a deputy he took a woman who is not allowed to be part of governance but to stay at home. I am sad that in 2019 we are still debased.

Why have the Ulama refused to teach us about strong women who lived during the time of our Nabiy SAW instead of persistently pushing the rhetoric of the blessed secluded homemaker or the irresponsible street monger? Why are girls not taught about these women as inspiration?

Khadija bint Khuwaylid who was our Nabiy's strength. The role of Aisha bint Abu Bakr in education & governance after the death of SAW. Rufaidah Al Islamiyya the first female nurse & surgeon and a woman who the Prophet SAW consulted.

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Ramaswamy Iyer 🇮🇳

@iyer_rn