Wishing you all a very happy Women's day. Sharing a few tweets that I gathered from around the world.
The Good
#InternationalWomensDay : A great @AFPphoto series on women breaking down the barriers of gender-bias in the working world https://t.co/ur4iEYv03t— AFP Photo (@AFPphoto) March 8, 2018
India, Tabasumm, 30, an auto-rickshaw driver pic.twitter.com/bsBlNsTHeu
This train station is fully operated by women. It's the second of its kind in India. #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/PJi1eJuuOA— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) March 8, 2018
For #InternationalWomensDay, we have 7 profiles of remarkable women — from a 101-year-old runner from India to a Yemeni refugee who didn't let war stop her from being a scientist. https://t.co/swjnpdbMht— NPR (@NPR) March 8, 2018
.@forbes_india names 25 women trailblazers in business who are transforming India #ForbesIndiaWPower: https://t.co/Byd13tnvpy #IWD2018 #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/CwHGlaMGcT— U.S. Embassy India (@USAndIndia) March 8, 2018
This is J. Vijaya, India's first female herpetologist. She was hired by Edward Moll, Chairman of the World Conservation Union’s Freshwater Chelonian Specialist Group, to survey freshwater turtles in India. She was an excellent turtle researcher #HERpers #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/1cdb1K1fNb— Kirsten Hecht (@HellbenderHecht) March 8, 2018
What a meaningful day today is #InternationalWomensDay #HadiyaWins and we salute for her fearless fight against the 'so called' unbeatable Fascist groups in this intolerant tyrant regime era. You have been a motivating dynamic lady of this generation. pic.twitter.com/0EM6r5prNJ— Vaishali (@Vaishucomrade) March 8, 2018
The Bad
For #InternationalWomensDay, CPJ's @jactivism spoke with 5 women journalists based in #SouthAfrica, #France, #India, the US, and #Yemen about their experiences and the threats and attacks received both for their religious and ethnic backgrounds, and their reporting. pic.twitter.com/Ri2OBNXmpR— CPJ (@pressfreedom) March 8, 2018
Only salwar kameez, sarees for female students: Rajasthan’s college dress code draws flakhttps://t.co/eNQYCt8wEf@rakeshgoswamiHT reports pic.twitter.com/KlmGA3QAmu— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) March 8, 2018
The Ugly
Girls killed between 2000-2014 by sex-selective abortion:— Devin Sena (@DevinSenaUI) March 8, 2018
🇮🇳 India: 12,771,043 girls
🇨🇳 China: 9,615,875 girls
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 1,280,228 girls
🇻🇳 Vietnam: 555,002 girls#InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/gkb1IEohRw
The US puts more women in prison than China, India & Russia combined#InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/CaOW50v52L— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) March 8, 2018
— Amجad MahÙ…ood (@Flyingtastic) March 8, 2018
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