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Take a Look at the Amazing Activism from International Women's Day
Women and their allies held marches and strikes all over the world for feminist causes like affordable healthcare, reproductive rights, social provisions, and much more.
International Women's Day hosted impressive activism around the globe. Organizers from the International Women's Strike, the Women's March, which planned A Day Without a Woman, and many other affiliated activist groups held strikes for reproductive rights, the end to gender-based violence, labor rights, environmental justice, full social provisions like healthcare, unemployment benefits and social security benefits, as well as an end to anti-feminist politics and racist, imperialist politics.
In many parts of the world, including some parts of the US, it's still very dangerous for women to speak up and fight for their rights. We're absolutely in awe of the passion, dedication and courage of these protesters—check out some of the action below.
\u201cDropping off books at Eleanor Roosevelt's monument\u270a\ud83d\udcda#IWD #IWDOurSharedShelf #ADayWithoutAWoman @bookfairiesworldwide https://t.co/cn2EffRyzd\u201d— Emma Watson (@Emma Watson) 1489024068
\u201cDropping off books at the Joan of Arc memorial in NYC \u270a\ud83d\udcda #IWD #IWDOurSharedShelf #ADayWithoutAWoman @the_bookfairies https://t.co/p8qrMJBbXk\u201d— Emma Watson (@Emma Watson) 1489023888
\u201cNYC RALLY IN Washington Square Park!! #ADayWithoutAWoman #InternationalWomensDay #EqualityMatters #GirlsCount\u201d— Debra Messing\u270d\ud83c\udffb (@Debra Messing\u270d\ud83c\udffb) 1489011964
\u201cIn solidarity with my sisters! #ADayWithoutAWoman #womensmarch https://t.co/e8kzuCvnow\u201d— kerry washington (@kerry washington) 1488992413
\u201cI stand in solidarity with women across the country joining the #InternationalWomensDay #ADayWithoutAWoman strike today.\u201d— Elizabeth Warren (@Elizabeth Warren) 1489007350
\u201c"You have marched for progress. Now you must run for office," Nancy Pelosi told women while speaking at D.C.'s #InternationalWomensDay rally\u201d— CBS News (@CBS News) 1489007124
The women of the Women's March gave impassioned and moving speeches, some of which were recorded and uploaded to Twitter.
\u201c"While we strike for our rights as workers & as women, we must never forget the mothers of our movement." -@monifabandele #DayWithoutAWoman\u201d— Women's March (@Women's March) 1489074976
\u201cEach of us is accountable for making our movements trans inclusive. We are not doing enough. We can and must do better. #DayWithoutAWoman\u201d— Women's March (@Women's March) 1488996307
\u201cWe're so proud of our national organizer and strike coordinator, @tabithastb. #DayWithoutAWoman\u201d— Women's March (@Women's March) 1488996146
\u201c"Today, as you wear red, wear it with pride." -@msladyjustice1 #DayWithoutAWoman\u201d— Women's March (@Women's March) 1488995477
\u201c"We are committed to being out here for as long as it takes." -@faiza_n_ali #DayWithoutAWoman\u201d— Women's March (@Women's March) 1488995083
\u201cA powerful message from @EricaFordNYC on a #DayWithoutAWoman.\u201d— Women's March (@Women's March) 1488994826
\u201cThank you @angiemartinez for joining us! Stay motivated everyone! #DayWithoutAWoman #IStrikeFor\u201d— Women's March (@Women's March) 1488994451
Many of the Womens March organizers were arrested and detained in New York after blocking traffic in front of Trump Tower.
Teen Vogue ceased the production of their content in solidarity with the strike.
\u201c1) To honor #InternationalWomensDay & #DayWithoutAWoman, https://t.co/tMxtyClgUQ will not publish new content today. https://t.co/s7HXBpYrX9\u201d— Teen Vogue (@Teen Vogue) 1488988827
Communities all over the world banded together in the name of feminism.
\u201c#IWD2017 #8 \n#ADayWithoutAWoman #FeminiSTRIKE \nIn tantissime forme diverse. Insieme. \nSi parte da qui. @biasarasini \n#nonunadimeno #Italia\u201d— Anis (@Anis) 1489040668
\u201cJoin the international women strike against the violence towards women! Let's #feminiSTRIKE\u201d— aQara (@aQara) 1488976085
Activists marched in Ireland en-masse to repeal oppressive abortion legislation as a part of the Strike 4 Repeal movement, which aims to repeal the Eighth Amendment—Ireland's official pro-life legislation.
\u201cHappy International Women's Day!Repeal the 8th March today was amazing to be at! @womensmarch @Strike_4_Repeal @repealproject #repealthe8th\u201d— Andrew Morphlock (@Andrew Morphlock) 1488985779
PRIDE applauds the activists who continue to fight for women, women of color, and intersectional feminist politics. The world is a better place because of you.
