#iwd 2015

[clueless74-blog]

Emma Watson is my queen

[profeminist]

IWD 2015- Stepping it up on the streets of New York City

"New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day."

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

From the UN Women Flickr page 

[thesilentsojourner]

Always, everyday, I carry multiple womyn within me, and pray for all self-identified womxn more than myself. I think of my matriarchs & ancestors, who carry the swansong of blood memory, reshaping what it means to be a womxn in each generation. I think of all the working class womxn, especially racialized ones, to which the original movement was owed to as it was initially started as International Working Women’s Day to fight for labour rights of migrant womyn, before this capitalistic society appropriated it and removed class struggle from the equation. I honour the indigenous womxn who have fought and died on this land that was stolen from them. I think of Black womxn, the original cradle of civilization. I think of other womxn occupied by settler colonialism facing genocide, trans womxn who are killed and erased, queer womxn, asexual womxn, womxn of faith, womxn with visible disabilities like my own mother, womxn with invisible disabilities like myself. Womxn of many shades and identities, womxn of fire and water. Our existence is its own survival mechanism in a world determined to obliterate us, and still we rise. So, to my sisters, I say, live, breathe, and rejoice, for nothing is better than us recognizing our own power and reclaiming it. I see you, I honour you, I cherish you. Thank you.

[weareasiam]

Today, March 8th, is International Women's Day, and indie singer/songwriter mesmi released the single Broken / Prevail early this morning in honor of the holiday. (March is also Women's History Month in the U.S.)

She "felt especially compelled to record and release this song," a tune written for a friend going through a difficult time, in the hope that it will "now support other women everywhere."

I see you It happened And I see the mark it made It's crazy But you're still you Greater than anything he can take

The song is available to purchase on Bandcamp and her official site.

[profeminist]

Source

[profeminist]

Two more infographics from the graphic resources Dropbox provided by UN Women and International Women's Day.

See all the resources, in English, Spanish and French, here

[profeminist]

FEMINIST BLOGGERS CHECK THIS OUT! 

I found a link from the International Women's Day site to a Dropbox full of resources and graphics for IWD 2015 in English, Spanish and French! Facebook cover photos, infographics, videos, the works! These two graphics are just a drop in the bucket.

Check it out! https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ynkn4ym3woks7np/AACkuqg9ei5wfJcHM1oL0sBoa?dl=0

#IWD #IWD2015 #InternationalWomensDay #WomensDay

[profeminist]

“Gender equality is a shared vision of social justice and human rights”  

Statement by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the High-level Thematic Debate on advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, 6 March 2015 at UN Headquarters in New York.

"We at UN Women are delighted that you are all here for this wonderful celebration of International Women’s Day. 

We look ahead this year with excitement as we set our sights on the creation of a world with greater equality for generations to come. We are the first generation to have the possibility of an end to poverty and gender inequality.

As our Secretary-General has just said, we cannot successfully address sustainable development challenges if we constrain the potential of half the world’s population. We cannot win if we leave half of the team out of the game. That is why the Special Summit on Sustainable Development should adopt a bold agenda that fully values the role of women and girls.  It must aim for significant progress by 2020 and gender equality before 2030.

So, how will we reach this ambitious goal of a transformed world with gender equality?

Let me suggest three vital requirements: tireless political will and unwavering leadership; increased investments in the agenda for women and girls; and strong accountability that includes a role for civil society.

Gender equality is a shared vision of social justice and human rights.  

Women’s rights are human rights and human rights are women’s rights.

In addition, we call for concerted, practical measures to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and to remove the root causes of gender inequality.

To reach our ambitious goals in 2030 with substantive progress by 2020, we ask governments as our primary duty-bearers to ...."

Watch the speech here | Read the full statement here