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International Women's Day

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Mar 8
3 min

International Women's Day

International Women's Day is observed annually on March 8th and is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It is also a day to raise awareness about gender inequality and advocate for women's rights around the world. The theme for International Women's Day 2023 is yet to be announced, but previous themes have focused on issues such as gender parity, women's empowerment, and the need for increased representation of women in

International Women Human Rights Defenders Day.

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Nov 28, 2022
6 min

International Women Human Rights Defenders Day.

International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, 29 November 2022 States must live up to their commitments to protect women human rights defenders, who are increasingly under attack and inadequately protected. ❝ The current global context of unchecked #authoritarianism as well as the rise of #populism, of corporate power and of fundamentalist groups are contributing towards closing the space for civil society. This is being done through the enactment of laws and practices that

Ecofeminism. Marichuy "la Vocera"

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Jul 8, 2022
2 min

Ecofeminism. Marichuy "la Vocera"

Women in Politics. Ecofeminism. Marichuy María de Jesús Patricio — also known as Marichuy — is the first Indigenous woman to run for presid

Women in Politics. Francia Márquez

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Jul 1, 2022
3 min

Women in Politics. Francia Márquez

Francia Márquez — a former housekeeper and activist—is Colombia’s first Black vice president. For the first time in Colombia’s history, a Black woman is close to the top of the executive branch. Francia Márquez, an environmental activist from the mountainous department of Cauca in southwestern Colombia, has become a national phenomenon, mobilizing decades of voter frustration, and becoming the country’s first Black vice president on 29th of May, as the running mate to Gustav

Activist Genital Mutilation - Sister Fa.

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Jun 21, 2022
3 min

Activist Genital Mutilation - Sister Fa.

Activist Genital Mutilation - Sister Fa. The practice is found in some countries of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and within communities

Unstoppable activism for a new “Generation Equality”.

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Nov 24, 2021
1 min

Unstoppable activism for a new “Generation Equality”.

Unstoppable activism. Across the globe, women’s activists are at the forefront of economic, social and environmental justice movements demanding systemic change. Their voices are unrelenting in calling for equality with no exceptions in any area of life. They remain undaunted even in the face of concerted pushbacks against women’s rights. Increasingly, young women are making the case that their human rights require ending ALL forms of inequality, exclusion and injustice. They

Changermakers : Iben Krog Rasmussen.

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Apr 27, 2021
1 min

Changermakers : Iben Krog Rasmussen.

The complicated truth about food | Iben Krog Rasmussen Iben is one of four young women who founded Frej – Denmark’s first think tank on food. Iben has a Masters in political science and has been working in politics, been blogging for one of the biggest Danish newspapers, and is regularly on Danish radio and television. She grew up on a conventional commercial farm, is a member of the Danish Youth Climate Council, and collaborates with United Nation on the SDGs. Iben is a prof

Inspirational Quote by Marley Dias

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Mar 23, 2021
1 min

Inspirational Quote by Marley Dias

✼ Inspirational quote by Marley Diaz⁠ ⁠ ❛ Frustration is fuel that can lead to the development of an innovative and useful idea ⁠❜⁠⁠ ⁠ Who is this #remarkablewomen ? ⁠ Marley Dias (born January 3, 2005) is an American activist and writer. She launched a campaign called ⁠ #1000BlackGirlBooks in November 2015, when she was in ⁠ elementary school; she noticed that the main protagonist in most stories was a white boy.⁠ ⁠ Her mother, Janice Johnson Dias, is co-founder of the Gras

Social Entrepreneur. Shiza Shahid.

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Feb 8, 2021
1 min

Social Entrepreneur. Shiza Shahid.

As co-founder and global ambassador of the Malala Fund, Shiza Shahid, manages business operations for Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.4 Like Malala, Shahid was born in Pakistan. She initially reached out to Malala in 2009 and worked to organize a camp for her and other Pakistani girls. In 2012, Shiza flew to Malala's bedside after she was targeted and shot by the Taliban for promoting education for girls. Inspire

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Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Feb 4, 2021
1 min

Artistic Minds. Fateemayetcha Amiji Badu.

⁠ She is an indegene of Borno state, she is a passionate photographer and one of the drivers of the #UntoldStoriesOfTheNorthEast online photo campaign. She is a fellow of the Northeast Social Innovation Fellowship – NESIF, a project aimed at countering violent extremism in northeastern Nigeria sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development Office of Transition (USAID /OTI) being implemented by the North East Regional Initiatives-NERI.⁠ ⁠ Fatima is also a

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Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Feb 1, 2021
2 min

Entrepreneurship Education is a Human Right by Yogavelli Nambiar.

A case for democratizing entrepreneurship education to ensure young people's preparedness for the future. Yogavelli Nambiar is the Chief Executive Officer at the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation. She was previously the Founder-Director of the Enterprise Development Academy at GIBS which she created to offer scholarship-based business education and support to entrepreneurs of start-up, micro and small enterprises. Just over two years old, the Academy team has worked with close to 1

Wise Words. Amanda Gorman, poet.

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Jan 26, 2021
2 min

Wise Words. Amanda Gorman, poet.

Hear me as a woman Have me as your sister On purpled battlefield breaking day, So I might say our victory is just beginning, See me as change, Say I am movement, That I am the year And I am the era Of the women. Amanda Gorman from Won’t You Be My Sister, 2018 Amanda S. C. Gorman (born 1998) is an American poet and activist. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named Na

ChangeMakers ; Alexandria Villaseñor.

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Jan 25, 2021
1 min

ChangeMakers ; Alexandria Villaseñor.

✥ ChangeMakers ; Alexandria Villaseñor.⁠ ❛ Young women are leading climate movement.Women are to solve the climate change ❜⁠.⁠ Alexandria Villaseñor (born May 18, 2005) is an American climate activist living in New York. A follower of the Fridays for Future movement and of fellow climate activist Greta Thunberg, Villaseñor is a co-founder of US Youth Climate Strike and founder of Earth Uprising. Villaseñor's fight for climate action was sparked when she was caught in a smoke

Talk about us. Khanyi Chaba

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Jan 18, 2021
2 min

Talk about us. Khanyi Chaba

Khanyi Chaba comes into this talk as head of responsible business in one of Africa’s largest insurance companies. In her own words, she feels great responsibility to help repair the future, and leave behind a world that is sound and sustainable for future generations. She is also a long distance runner who has completed some of the world's most challenging ultramarathons multiple times, and a mountaineer who has summited some of the planet’s highest peaks. Khanyi makes the po

ChangeMakers.Claudette Colvin.

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Jan 5, 2021
3 min

ChangeMakers.Claudette Colvin.

ChangeMakers. Claudette Colvin. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. This occurred 9 months before the more widely known incident in which Rosa Parks, secretary of the local chapter of the NAACP, helped spark the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott. So Why was Colvin largely forgotten, while Parks went on to become an icon of the Civil Rights Movement ? "I don’t thi

Mercy Akuot: Artist, Activist⁠.

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Dec 14, 2020
1 min

Mercy Akuot: Artist, Activist⁠.

Mercy Akuot: Artist, Activist⁠. ⁠ South Sudanese artist Mercy Akuot uses her music to tell stories from her own life and to make demands for a better life for women and girls. ⁠ ⁠ As a survivor of forced marriage when she was only 15 years old, Mercy first told her story publicly at TEDx Kakuma Camp in 2018. ⁠ ⁠Since then Mercy has recorded an album with two other talented young women in the camp. ⁠ ⁠ The album is called Bado Mapema (It’s Still Early). On the title track each

Women who has changed the world. Wangari Maathai.⁠

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Dec 8, 2020
2 min

Women who has changed the world. Wangari Maathai.⁠

Women who has changed the world. Wangari Maathai.⁠ ⁠ ⎰ I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me. All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet. It must be this voice that is telling me to do something, and I am sure it's the same voice that is speaking to

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Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Nov 10, 2020
2 min

ChangeMakers : Amina Jane Mohammed

Choosing a path of service: Amina J Mohammed . Ms Amina J. Mohammed was Minister of Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from November 2015 to December 2016, where she steered the country’s efforts on climate action, protecting the natural environment and conserving resources for sustainable development. Prior to this, she served as Special Adviser to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Post-2015 Development Planning, where she was instrumental in bringing about the 20

ChangerMakers: Aya Chebbi

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Nov 2, 2020
3 min

ChangerMakers: Aya Chebbi

Aya Chebbi (born 1988), is a Pan-African activist, Tunisian diplomat and feminist. She became the first appointed African Union Envoy on Youth in November 2018. Appointed by the chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki in November 2018, as the youngest senior official in the history of the African Union and youngest diplomat in the chairperson's cabinet. She supports the Chairperson in addressing his thematic priority of working with and for young people and ad

✼ Inspirational quote.⁠ ⁠

Montse DomínguezMunllonch

Oct 27, 2020
1 min

✼ Inspirational quote.⁠ ⁠

✼ Inspirational quote.⁠ ⁠ ❛ The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing .

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