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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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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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"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

Shouldn't this be PROSECUTE? There is a not-so-subtle difference between "prosecute" and "persecute." OK, so I'm a grammar fascist.

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

Very difficult for women but for men almost impossible in some cases.

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

I was sexually assaulted. the responding officers held me in cuffs for three hours while 'investigating' and 'taking witness statements'. The irony is, as a security guard, I wear a body camera that records everything I do (not just ten minutes). Before they ever arrived on scene, I had the video tagged and ready for replay. but, apparently, hard evidence isn't enough for a guy. the drunken cougar wound up with three months of actual jail time. I still remember the 'conversation' I had with the cougar's high powered defense attorney before we ever went into depositions. Basically, he was launching a smear campaign. then, in depositions I had to explain how come I couldn't just over power her. I had to repeat the use-of-force laws about eight times, while the bastard kept insinuating I must not have been a 'real' man.

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

Like the pregnancy while working item in this list, there’s still quite a way to go before this is solved. Many reports of sexual assault aren’t made in the first place because of fear of disbelief and retribution. Then, of those reported, some (many?) are buried by law enforcement who disbelieves (or feels threatened by facts).

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

If prosecution fails to get the desired result you could resort to persecution I suppose.

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

No matter what? You mean that you can report it. Too often, the offender is not prosecuted.

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

If it's your daughter who reports her mother, fat chance. Daughters should be allowed to report mothers and not die for it

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

Persecute??? Don’t you mean prosecute?? This is too important a place for typos. If you meant persecute, then we have a problem. Real feminists do not believe that two wrongs make a right. We believe in using the law and prosecute, not the internet and persecute.

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

I'm all for persecuting the sexual offender, but can one prosecute him too?

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

PROSECUTE. The woman is being PERSECUTED, a woman can PROSECUTE the person committing the crime.

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

they mean prosecute, not persecute. and the lawyers and judges still re-traumatize women and blame them

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

You need to make a slight correction there, "prosecute" is the word you're looking for.

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

Eek, this one has a typo; it should be "prosecute" if they mean to take legal action. Persecute means discriminate socially.

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

I'm all for persecuting the offfender, but can I prosecute him, too?

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

Even if you lie about it, have no proof, have no witnesses, and then fall back on the "you must believe me, I'm a woman" defense to ruin a man's life with an untrue and unsubstantiated stories.

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

Following the MeToo movement, a guy here lost his job at a prestigious acting school, just because he was rude in general: he never assaulted or harrassed any women. I guess he's been PERSECUTED by Feminists rather than prosecuted... sad.

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

“Persecute” sexual assault? Did you mean “prosecute?”

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Not 100% sure this is correct, METOO movement

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

This is correct. Sexual assault is illegal and can lead to prosecution. You can be 100% this is true by reading a law book.

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I like the no matter what part. It doesn’t even matter if she made the whole thing up. Don’t get me wrong, if it’s legit I say take his balls!!

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

F**k you. It definitely matters if she made the whole thing up. If a guy is wrongly accused of sexual assault his life is pretty much over. Yeah, it's a good thing they can prosecute for it when it does happen, which is unfortunately often, but if they lie and try to prosecute a guy for sexual assault when he really was in the clear, then she's a being a f*****g a*****e.

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Even if you are lying about it like Ford did against Kavanaugh

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

No. That is not the meaning of this at all. Women who lie about assault only damage the rights that women have fought so long and so hard for. That is not what this post is about. Today, on international women's day we are taking the opportunity to thank feminists for what they have achieved for us. What you have written belittles that.

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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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