GENDER+VIOLENCE

= NOVEMBER 25th INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN =



=The origins of November 25th go back to 1960, when the //three Mirabal sisters// from the Dominican Republic //were violently assassinated// for their political activism. The sisters, known as the "Unforgettable Butterflies", became a symbol of the crisis of violence against women in Latin America. November 25th was the date chosen to commemorate their lives and promote global recognition of gender violence, and has been observed in Latin America since the 1980s.= =Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. According to UNIFEM, at least one in three women in the world has suffered from violence, usually by someone known to her.= Source Unifem = Everybody has to work to change attitudes in order to eliminate violence against women and girls =

media type="custom" key="24472002" align="center"

media type="youtube" key="X_MXtktR5g4" width="560" height="315" align="center"



One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world.  Education  is the only solution. Education First. =Malala Yousafzai =

=Did you know? = = = =• It is estimated that women perform two-thirds of the world’s work, yet they only earn one-tenth of the income, and own less than one percent of the world’s property. = = = =• More than 110 million of the world’s children, two-thirds of them girls, are not in school. = = = =• Only 17% of the world’s elected government leaders are women. = = = =• More than 80% of the world’s 35 million refugees and displaced people are women and children. = = = media type="youtube" key="nIwU-9ZTTJc" width="560" height="315" align="center"


 * WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DO SOMETHING " LIKE A GIRL"? **

media type="youtube" key="wA3_ziP3n-U" width="560" height="315" align="center"

media type="custom" key="24827384" align="center"

=Malala Yousafzai’s speech at the United Nations = media type="custom" key="24471730" align="center"

media type="youtube" key="-M0O8h03RRo" width="420" height="315" align="center"

media type="youtube" key="anPnxaKnHVY" width="420" height="315" align="center"

media type="youtube" key="ejH6uz6D0R4" width="420" height="315"media type="youtube" key="r-RR9R-Aud0" width="420" height="315"

International Women’s Day 2017

=INEQUALITY IS STILL A REAL PROBLEM WHEREVER YOU GO=

= International Women’s Day is a worldwide event that celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and also a call for gender equality. =





=AMAZING NEWS= =Women are ‘smaller, weaker, less intelligent’ and should be paid less, says right-wing Polish MEP =

A Polish nationalist member of the European Parliament may be punished after he said women **"must earn less than men because they are weaker, smaller and less intelligent"**. = Korwin-Mikke is well known for his controversial and sexist views = = = He previously denied women the right to vote, claiming they “want to be led by men.” In July 2015, he was suspended from parliament after giving a Nazi salute and saying “ein volk, ein Reich, ein ticket,” while mocking the idea to produce a uniform EU transport ticket. Korwin-Mikke was also harshly criticized by his colleagues and ultimately suspended for 10 days from parliamentary activities and fined €3,062 ($3200) after giving a speech on migrants, describing them as “human garbage,” unwilling to work and only interested in receiving welfare.

media type="youtube" key="40hhc0cjYyg" width="560" height="315" align="center"

= International Women’s Day 2018 = = media type="youtube" key="sXCnHvQzoOU" width="560" height="315" =