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SAVE THE DATE 🧡🌎
Join us for the United Nations official commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Let's kick off the #16Days of Activism and #OrangeTheWorld!
📌 24 November
⏰ 10:00 am EST
✔️Register: unwo.men/3uXk50GEHU8
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Free to be you.
Free to say no.
Free to say yes.
Free from violence.
Free from discrimination.
Free to decide your future.
Free to be whoever you want.
Free to love whoever you want.
Free to wear whatever you want.
Free to study whatever you want.
Free. Period.
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Persist in the face of bias.
Speak up despite all odds.
Fight for equality.
Never give up.
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#ClimateChange affects women the most. At #COP26, we must take action to green our economies & promote gender equality in energy & agriculture.
Our #FeministPlan outlines a set of policies to ensure gender-just transitions to a sustainable future.
unwo.men/jCr150GELoH
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Girls are:
✔️ Strong
✔️ Talented
✔️ Unique
✔️ Fierce
✔️ United
✔️ Formidable
✔️ Ambitious
✔️ Determined
✔️ Audacious
✔️ Courageous
✔️ Remarkable
✔️ Extraordinary
What else?
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Not all sheroes wear capes – some wear lab coats🥼!
We need more #WomenInScience to beat the pandemic and solve the most challenging problems we face today. #GenerationEquality
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Indigenous women like Alice have always showed respect and protection for our planet.
Let's ensure their voices and land rights are at the centre of #COP26.
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“Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity...
Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.”
- Dr. @maejemison, the first Black woman to travel in space. 👩🏾🚀🚀 #WomenInScience
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This #COP26, let us call for concrete actions that will advance gender equality and combat climate change for a more equal and sustainable world.
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Today is International Day to #EndImpunity for Crimes against Journalists.
Women journalists are often harassed, abused & threatened just for doing their job.
We need to do more to protect them.
Find out more from @UNESCO: unwo.men/oEBG50GCrVT
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No matter your age, background or situation, you can mobilize and drive #climateaction. Wangari Maathai, the 1st African woman to win the @NobelPrize, continues to inspire new generations. #COP26
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Women with disabilities
Indigenous women
Women of color
Young women
Trans women
Rural women
Gender non-conforming youth
Climate change affects everyone, but some bear the brunt of it.
#COP26
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Spooky fact for #Halloween: patriarchy is still alive and well.
Time to bury it. 🔥⚰️🔥
#HappyHalloween
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Women 👏
need 👏
a 👏
seat 👏
at 👏
the 👏
table. 👏
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45% of women can’t make their own decisions about their sexual and reproductive health.
Let's speak up for women's bodily autonomy!
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Every day is a new opportunity to celebrate diversity, inclusion and intersectionality, so that no one is left behind and every person enjoys the right to live as their true self. 💙
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It is time for action.
cc: @LeymahRGbowee
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We need more women reporters, storytellers and leaders in the media industry. Let's make it happen!
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Let's break the stereotypical and binary definitions of gender.
Only you can define who you are.
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There is still a long way to go to achieve equal representation in the highest levels of corporate leadership.
Let's speak up for gender equality in every sector!
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We need feminist climate action now. #COP26
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This is a question many women are confronted with, but they shouldn't have to.
Let's create family-friendly workplaces with:
✔️Paid parental leave
✔️Equal pay
✔️Living wages
✔️Flexible work arrangements
✔️Maternity protection
✔️Breastfeeding support
✔️Access to childcare
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Let's support each other, believe in each other, and have each other's back.
Women's solidarity is the power we need to achieve gender equality.💙
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Some inspiration from Mary Wollstonecraft, an English writer and passionate advocate for women's rights.
She fought for women's equality and became one of the earliest feminists in history.
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UN Women is the United Nations entity for gender equality and women's empowerment.