Friday, March 8, was International Women’s Day and the media culminated a plethora of informative, empowering, and interesting posts, articles, videos, and conversations. International Women’s Day began in the early 1900’s and has been celebrated annually since. This holiday not only recognizes the power of women but encourages worldwide conversation on women’s rights, women’s accomplishments, and how to improve the world in general.
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is #BalanceforBetter with the aim of creating a better world through equality that is balanced for everyone.
Delving into the media coverage of International Women’s Day and reading through conversations on the topic can be overwhelming but from our own research, here are some videos, articles, and tweets to check out:
How will you press for progress?
Catching a simple video while scrolling through Twitter or Facebook could be just the call to action that young women and men need to see.
From Alanna Vagianos and Damon Dahlen at the Huffington Post: Photos of girls going to school around the world
These photos not only open our eyes to the way that children face daily life around the world but the way that girls still face discrimination in their education.
From Maya Salam at the New York Times: This is what a feminist country looks like
Sweden has been making big moves by creating a feminist policy, but that’s not all they are doing in the pursuit of gender equality.
USA Today’s Alia E. Dastagir provides a glossary to helpful terms this International Women’s Day ‘
The term feminism has faced radical definitions and confusing changes in the last several years. A glossary is just what we need to understand the conversations around women’s rights and the feminist movement on social media.
Gender doesn’t matter to kids:
When kids are telling us there’s a problem…we better listen.
This tweet from the New Yorker account
Never underestimate the power of creative graphics.
From Siobhán O’Grady at the Washington Post: On International Women’s Day, these female journalists and activists are still behind bars
The fact that it is 2019 and women are being still being detained for demanding equal rights is disappointing to say the least. This article explains why these women are behind bars.