We dedicate this year’s International Women’s Day to Berta Cáceres – internationally recognized indigenous Lenca leader, grassroots feminist and environmental justice activist…
International Women’s Day’s roots are planted in the 20th century American women’s liberation movement (though women around the world are part of early and pre-dated machinations, to be sure). It is, at its core, connected to a sense of grassroots movement bubbling-over of outrage. It is the culmination of “we’ve had enough of this bullshit.”
I’m not a big fan of International or National Anything Days. I’m not convinced that these arbitrary calendric celebrations necessarily do all that much to improve public understanding and recognition of the issues being celebrated.
Today is the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, a celebration of women born out of the early 20th-century labor…
There’s a lot of talk these days about focusing on the needs of women and young girls when it comes…