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The world is celebrating International Women's Day. So you know what that means. Lithuanian police officers are probably giving tulips to female drivers again. But an online feminist community called the School of Feminism has suggested another cool way to commemorate the occasion.

Posters. The organization uploaded a series of designs to the internet, listing some of the biggest achievements that societies' have earned in their quest towards equality. "Thanks to feminists, women can vote, work, abort [their pregnancies], divorce [spouses], wear pants, read any book [they like], use birth control, take out a loan..." Anyone who wants to use the posters can download and print out the designs or simply share them online.

"There are still many rights to fight for to achieve real equality between women and men around the world," School of Feminism concluded. "Let's keep up the fight."

More info: schooloffeminism.org | Facebook | Instagram

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KarmaQueen
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you to the pioneer women who pushed for the rights of women. I proudly stand as a woman knowing I have these rights because of them and their suffrage to get us where we are today

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Janice Seagraves
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many women not only fought for women to vote, but most don't realize that these women were arrested, assaulted, feed food with maggots in them and when they refused to eat it their teeth were knocked out when they were force fed. Get out and vote. Our foremother suffered horrible abuse so you can vote.

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The women who fough for the right to vote were treated as crazy radical man-hating women. Just like many people treats now the femenist movement.

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BusLady
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate the term "Feminazi." I think it's used by men who feel threatened by the Women's Rights Movement. It's a shame that half the human population has to fight for basic human rights.

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Małgorzata Kurpiel
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've read it all and shouldn't it all be obvious??? Even in the past? What kind of unfair creatures men use(d)? to be???

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Yolie V.
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

https://www.themarysue.com/learn-about-how-prostitutes-settled-the-wild-west-on-adam-ruins-everything/

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Paulene
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We need to teach our Daughters and more importantly our Granddaughters about the Women who fought for them, and are still fighting!

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my country, right to vote for women and many other rights for women came with constitution (written by a feminist in 1950) after we got our freedom from the British Raj.. but people just take them for granted nowadays..

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Agnes Jekyll
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Woman got the vote in Alberta, but it wasn't until the 40s in Quebec. Individuals can make a difference--despite a huge system that opposes them--the system is just sometimes bigger and harder to break

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debrina blackmoon
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i have seen women presidents in other countries-no joke. have yet to find women chiefs of any NA tribes.

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BusLady
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wilma Mankiller was the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. D. 2010

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank the prostitutes of the wild west first. They had more power than almost any men back then. And had the vote many years before it was allowed in the rest of the states.

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Liam Walsh
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

New Zealand was the first self-governing country in the world in which all women had the right to vote in, though not to stand for, parliamentary elections in 1893, followed closely by the colony of South Australia in 1894 which, unlike New Zealand, allowed women to stand for Parliament. This article encompasses the world, not just US.

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Linda Saholt
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I ALWAYS vote--and I feel strongly that everyone who is eligible should register and vote their conscience. Those who don't bother to vote do NOT have the right to criticize whoever and whatever the rest of us voted for!

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Susan Saferstein
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's never take this right to a Voice for granted and use it every opportunity that we can

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Susan Saferstein
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Appalling that women had to fight for this right but so grateful they did. Let us never take it for granted and use our voices to improve the world.

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William Pollard
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YES. Because the MEN in charge changed the law. Women did not want the vote because it came with strings that men are bound up in - eligibility to be drafted into military service in times of war, and bucket brigade duty in times of fire disasters (before fire brigades were a well equipped proper paid service) The strings were dropped for the women, and so they were happy to RECEIVE the right to vote from MEN.

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Paul Richter
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

SB Anthony and E Pankhurst were racist and didn't want POC's to have the right to vote.

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Konstantin Seleznev
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Femminists had no part in it where i come from. It is called a common sense and fundamental equality on all levels estabilished by a marxist/socialist govt right after ww2

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Greg Schaper
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And thank the men who fought to get enough votes to allow it.

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Victoria Swift
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I will thank the hard working women who came before me to make this world better. However, I will NOT thank modern feminist, they in no way represent me or my values. Also, my grandmother was an officer manager at shell oil in the 50's and 60's without being a feminist. They seriously get too much credit for the work many non feminist do.

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Rosie Hamilton
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah - because men really would have done something if women hadn't forced it upon them by fighting and in many cases putting their lives at risk. I'm not saying some men didn't support women but if changes happened it is only because women made it happen.

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"There are many things [women can] thank feminism for," School of Feminism told Bored Panda. "From being able to vote to wearing pants, these are just a few obvious things that we do not consider on a day to day basis and that is why our simple and clear message has been so viral. But despite of all our achievements, we continue to live in a tremendously macho and unequal society. Do not forget that there still are many rights to fight for to achieve real equality throughout the world."

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first university in the world in Morocco has been founded by a woman. Just saying

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"Everyone has the potential to make a change in the world," they said. "When we released this series, we didn’t expect such a huge reaction because we didn’t have a community to share the project with." However, people in the internet found it despite the low like count on School of Feminism's social media pages. "We published the images on our personal accounts and they began to spread quickly."

In one week School of Feminism’s Instagram account has grown from 0 to 13k followers and their Facebook page has reached 21k, and the numbers keep climbing.

"We are receiving messages from all around the world, including Spain, Portugal, Mexico, France, Italy, Chile, Poland, Ukraine, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, thanking us thanks and asking us to translate the posters into their native languages."

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"We’ve ignited a worldwide conversation about feminism, and people are actively commenting and sharing their points of view thought direct messages and comments. To us, this is a great achievement because there still are people who do not understand that Feminism, as Angela Davis said, 'is the radical idea that women are human beings.'"

"We firmly believe that through [active] communication we can translate the concepts of Feminism into something so simple, everyone will be able to understand and embrace it."

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For this, I cannot thank them enough! Pants (jeans in particular) are pretty much my only type of bottom-wear all year round =)

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After the Socialist Party of America organized a Women's Day on February 28, 1909, in New York, the 1910 International Socialist Woman's Conference suggested that Women's Day be held annually. After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there. Then, socialist movements and communist countries began celebrating that day until it was officially adopted in 1975 by the United Nations.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Have survived several marriages to men who demanded to have total control over every penny, and wanted to fight if I wanted to buy something with my own money. They are no longer a part of my life.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In a lot of tribes is was the women who hunted and women who were warriors too. Women's role in society as a worker has changed over the years for many reasons. Women went to work during war, because the men were not there to do it. Queen Elizabeth was a Mechanic during WWII.

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The official theme for International Women's Day 2019 is: 'Think equal, build smart, innovate for change.' "At a time when innovation is dominant, shaping and changing the way people live in every part of the world, we have to be intentional about its use to positively impact the lives of women and girls," UN Women stated. "That means making sure they are not only consumers of innovation, but take their place as innovators. With their engagement, both design and execution of solutions can address the unique needs of women and girls, from the creation of decent work to delivery of products, services and infrastructure for women in all walks of life. This year’s theme for International Women’s Day, “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change” puts innovation at the centre of efforts to reflect the needs and viewpoints of women and girls and to resolve barriers to public services and opportunities."

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's really wild to think that women ever needed permission from men in order to use birth control, that's just disgusting

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"Remoteness need no longer be an exclusion issue when mobile money technology and digital payments can deliver social benefits to even the most remote households. Lack of roads need not prevent life-saving medication from reaching patients, with smart inventions like 15-year old Nigerian Eno Ekanem’s drone to make drops to rural areas, controlled by SMS messaging."

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also thank LGBTQ+ movements, they made same sex marriage legal!! Not all women want to marry males. :)

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According to the statement, women and girls must have opportunities to contribute to making real change, and help shape the policies, services and infrastructure that impact their lives. "As we have seen from recent marches for climate action in Europe and elsewhere—they are ready to do so."

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Being able to run is one thing, not facing prejudice and sexism if you try is another.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Without this one, I wouldn't have been able to graduate university, as both my mom and dad took turns to take loans each year. Thanks mom and dad (and thanks to feminism too).

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some people think its "disgusting" to talk about it in public. I don't get why, it's natural, like "Oh, she sneezed in public! disgusting!" both are natural.(Edit: I'm a female, my friends and I talk about it.)

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Feminists is about giving women rights. The right to make a choice. It's not about picking a side on a controversial topic.

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All ladies in the military, I respect y'all!!

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nobody does it in public here in Russia, mostly because it's too intimate a process for any strangers to see. Though I don't understand how this can be considered disgusting by anyone :-|

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But a woman still can't walk around topless like a man can. Edit: I wasn't choosing sides, I was just pointing something out. And not because it's illegal or whatever but because women wouldn't feel safe doing so in places a man might be seen without a shirt.

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