Tag Archives: women’s rights
Missing girls in India
This art project by Leena Kejriwal aims to attract attention to girls being kidnapped in India (usually between 9 and 12 years old) to be used in sex trafficking.
Read more about this action here:
Be who you are – fight gender stereotypes
Woman chief in Mawali, Africa, bans child marriages and send the kids back to school
As Malawi’s Nyasa Times reports, in April, the African nation Malawi raised the minimum age of marriage to 18 years old. One might wonder, however, “What about the legions of underage children who were legally wed before the law took effect?
Well, one of the regional chiefs in Malawi – an elder woman who goes by the name Inkosi Kachindamoto – annulled the marriages of more than 300 youth in her district and sent them back to school.
In addition, she fired several village heads who had sanctioned the unions.
Child advocates around the world cheered on the effort to encourage girl education and abolish early marriages as soon as the news circulated.
Knowing the value education has in helping to empower citizens and strengthen the mind, the Senior chief terminated 330 marriages, of which 175 were girl-wives and 155 were boy-fathers. Those chldren were sent to school instead.
Said 18-year-old Malawian Memory Banda to The Guardian:
“Marriage is often the end for girls like me. But if our leaders will invest in us and give us the chance to be educated, we will become women who create a better society for everyone.”
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U.S. women’s soccer team gets historic ticker-tape parade
Blind girls learn to fight back against violence
Women carreers and equal pay
The usual expression “my 2 cents” to give one’s opinion is replaced with “my 78 cents” because among full-time workers, women earn about 78 cents to a man’s dollar. That’s according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“He Named me Malala” official trailer
The amazing story of an amazing girl who wants all girls to be educated…
▶ He Named Me Malala Official Trailer 1 (2015) – Documentary HD – YouTube.
Female president in Mauritius
Sally Ride, first woman astronaut to go into space 32 years ago
Girls are NOT property!
Women can rule at science!
Celebrating Mothers on International Women’s Day
Happy women’s day!
International Women’s Day 2015
Because I am a girl… I deserve an education!
This is what Michelle Obama has to say about this program:
“Right now, 62 million girls across the globe are not in school. These girls are our future doctors, teachers, and entrepreneurs – they are the dreamers and visionaries who could change the world as we know it if they just had the chance to get the education they need.
This issue is personal for me, because I see myself in these girls. I see my daughters in these girls. And I refuse to just sit back and accept the barriers that keep them from realizing their boundless promise.
That is why I am thrilled to announce that we’re expanding our efforts to “Let Girls Learn” with a new, community-focused girls’ education initiative across the globe. Through this new effort, we’ll be collaborating with the Peace Corps to support hundreds of new community projects – from building school libraries to creating girls’ technology camps – to help girls go to school and stay in school.”
Women in ads should be real women…
What is feminism?
Turkish men in skirts protest violence against women
Many women are attacked, harmed or killed in Turkey. A 17-year-old and a 20-yer-old were recently raped and killed. Some brave men wanted to show support and demand protection for their sisters, daughters, mothers and friends. They wore skirts in a big march in Istambul to show there should be no difference in the way women and men are treated in their country. They want Turkey to be a safer place for the women in their lives.
▶ Men In Skirts Protest Violence Against Women In Turkey – YouTube.
Is the Oscars Academy a male chauvinist institution?
▶ Hey Academy, I’m a Woman. – YouTube.
The Oscars Academy is 93% white and 76% male… In the Directing, Writing and Cinematography sections, nominees were 26 men to… 0 women! Isn’t it time they included some diversity?
Three actresses got fed up with the Academy for excluding women and wrote a song about it. Go girls!
Advice to young women from the Oscars red carpet
Equality for women
Plus-size model Tess Holliday gets a contract with a major company
Obama says “Violence against women is not ok!”
During the Grammy awards ceremony yesterday, President Obama had a message to ask artists to help fight against the violence so many women suffer from.
▶ President Obama’s Message at the 2015 GRAMMY Awards – YouTube.
Plus-sized model shows curves look good in Sports Illustrated Magazine
Whereas swimsuits models are usually very slim, this size 14-16 model, Ashley Graham, shows that curvy women can look great in bikinis too. This ad was accepted in the latest issue of Sports Illustrated Magazine. It’s good to see that women can be allowed to show some curves and that all sizes can be beautiful!
▶ Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition features ad with plus-sized model for first time – YouTube.
Science is for everyone!
Girl soccer players rule!
Girls can be anything!
Tell your daughter…
Little girls deserve good toys
Boys have always had great toys to help them imagine, build, create, play and grow… In many shops, the “little girls” aisle is full of pink glittering toys that just invite girls to dream they are princesses. Girls deserve better!
