International Women's Day 2011
TrustLaw Women, Thomson Reuters and Reuters mark the centenary
- Kalongo Chitengi: African women farmers struggle for fairness www.trust.org
- Kathryn Marshall: Stuck in a time warp: Where is the next generation of feminism? www.trust.org
- Nahla Abdo: Happy International Women’s Day to women all over the world www.trust.org
- Sarah Gristwood: Royal wedding feelgood factor overrides feminist impulses www.trust.org
- Susan Lapinski: Since he’s been gone www.trust.org
- Caroline Gattrell: Shake up workplace gender roles to advance women blogs.reuters.com
- Melissa L. Bradley: Women - a missing financial resource blogs.reuters.com
- Doortje Braeken: Journeys of girls and young women around the world www.trust.org
- Jess deCourcy Hinds: A new generation of feminist scholars www.trust.org
- Just wanted to share this cool Reuters slideshow celebrating IWD...more to come www.reuters.com
An Afghan girl attends a gathering in support of the Shi'ite Personal Status Law in Kabul June 27, 2009. About 1,000 Afghan Shi'ite Muslims rallied in to demand the ratification of a controversial law which contains harsh provisions on women some critics have called a step back towards Taliban-era rules. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
- Babatunde Osotimehin: Confronting gender apartheid in the 21st century www.trust.org
- Luam Kidane: organising for liberation: destruction doesn't always equal ruin, construction doesn't always signify healing www.trust.org
A girl displaced by violence wears a traditional Congolese hair style while standing near government soldiers in the village of Bangadi in northeastern Congo February 18, 2009. Thousands of Congolese have fled their villages since December as Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels roaming the bush carry out massacres that have killed some 900 civilians during the past two months. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
- Anna Perera: Stories are powerful things www.trust.org
A woman, displaced from her home by a huge tidal wave caused by cyclone Aila, waits to receive food in Satkhira in southwestern Bangladesh June 2, 2009.REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
- 'Astronaut or aid worker - it doesn't matter what she wants' ow.ly #iwdby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/2/2011 9:07:57 PM
- Linda Kay, first woman sports writer for Chicago Tribune: Progress, but Canadian women journalists not home free reut.rs #iwdby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/3/2011 1:46:35 AM
- Check out our International Women's Day special coverage page on Reuters reut.rs and our #IWD live blog bit.lyby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/3/2011 1:51:12 AM
- Also check out our "100 years of International Women's Day" guest blog posts bit.ly #iwd #womenby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/3/2011 1:54:07 AM
- International Women's Day special coverage from Reuters and TrustLaw ow.lyby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/3/2011 10:41:06 AM
- Thank you @wpwmtlby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/3/2011 11:12:31 AM
- Susan Buckingham: Girl power? Reality, fantasy or chimera? ow.ly #iwd #womenby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/3/2011 12:52:39 PM
- RT @AlertNet Ivorian forces kill six women at pro-Ouattara rally ow.ly #ivorycoastby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/3/2011 1:30:40 PM
- Thanks for the retweet @kristiwootenby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/3/2011 1:31:44 PM
- Winfrey, Palin and Couric: Transcending iconic feminism in media, by Terrine Friday bit.ly #iwd #womenby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/3/2011 7:31:42 PM
- Join our remarkable panel of speakers on March 24th as Honoring Women Worldwide discusses the real conversations women need to have to change the tide of hatred and fear that prevails in our world. Register for Daring Dialogue, Real Conversations at www.honoringwomenworldwide.org!
A supporter of Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi demonstrates in Trafalgar Square, London November 13, 2010. REUTERS/Paul Hackett
- The future is female? A re-traditionalisation of gender reut.rs #iwd #womenby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/3/2011 8:44:52 PM
- Follow International Women's Day TrustLaw Women - Reuters live blog on Reuters bit.ly or TrustLaw bit.ly #iwdby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/3/2011 8:53:34 PM
- 100 Years of International Women's Day - The controversial history of an anniversary, by Annette Lawson bit.ly #iwd #womenby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/3/2011 10:48:56 PM
- by women_on_iwd via twitter 3/4/2011 12:43:38 AM
- David Cutler: Interactive Factbox - Women ow.ly #iwd #womenby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/4/2011 2:09:16 AM
- Check out #AlertNet #multimedia story on a #Burmese #woman #refugee living on #Thai/Burma border Mae Sot tinyurl.com #hw #IWDby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/4/2011 2:03:23 PM
A Tunisian woman carries her belongings as she crosses into Tunisia at the Ras Jdir border crossing after fleeing unrest in Libya February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
- Check out the @TrustLaw women's voices video #iwd bit.lyby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/4/2011 7:22:10 PM
- Mother's Day gifts by @design_blah bit.lyby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/4/2011 7:46:33 PM
- by women_on_iwd via twitter 3/4/2011 7:49:07 PM
- Thanks for your earlier RT @RSR108by women_on_iwd via twitter 3/4/2011 7:50:01 PM
- HWW is planning our 3rd Annual State Capitol Garden Party on June 25th, 2011 in the Women's Memorial Suffrage Garden in St Paul, MN. Learn more about our gathering to honor the historic plight of women and focus on future possibilities by emailing info@honoringwomenworldwide.org!
- #ff @trustlaw_women -- The new Thomson Reuters Foundation women's rights web page on the @trustlaw websiteby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/4/2011 7:52:49 PM
- You are quite welcome @design_blahby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/4/2011 9:19:07 PM
- 100 Years of International Women's Day - Absence of women in senior positions – A ‘wicked’ problem - Savita Kumra bit.ly #iwdby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/4/2011 11:51:49 PM
- Jacinta Nandi: Grappling with sexist language: reut.rs #iwd #womenby women_on_iwd via twitter 3/5/2011 1:33:46 AM
- by women_on_iwd via twitter 3/5/2011 2:43:11 AM
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