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Why It Took 35 Years To Diagnose My Autism
Why It Took 35 Years To Diagnose My Autism
Women's 'Pessimism' Isn't To Blame For The Gender Pay Gap, Deeply Ingrained Sexism Is
We Cannot Achieve Gender, Racial And Economic Equality Just Through Self-Empowerment
Join The Global Sisterhood With Me This International Women's Day
On IWD We Must Remember Why We Need More Women In Power
Women Leading Acts Of Resistance Around The World This International Women's Day
Darling girl,
It is International Women's Day today. It's a great day to celebrate the achievements of women but it's also a day to raise awareness. All over the world millions of women are still facing hardship, prejudice, injustice, fear, pain and misery on a daily basis.
Catherine Mayer, co-founder of the Women's Equality Party and author, has issued a rallying cry for Brits to "seize the opportunity of turbulence" to make long-lasting change towards gender equality.
"The system isn't working for most people and never has worked for most women," she she told The Huffington Post UK, urging women (and men) to take action offline and get political.
For model and blogger Faith Roswell, a lack of control over her own body was one of the most frustrating elements of her fight to be sterilised.
Finally accepted for the procedure in her late twenties, she spent a decade pleading with GPs over the operation.
"I told my doctor: 'I'm 28. If I told you that I had been trying to get pregnant for 10 years, you would be helping me."
As part of The Huffington Post UK's month celebrating All Women Everywhere, we bring you 10 women all leading their individual fields across the entertainment spectrum.
As they all point out, there should be more of them, but here we champion 10 pioneers all inspiring others with their efforts and achievements...
Next week sees International Women's Day being celebrated around the world. As women we've come so far in achieving equality in the workplace and in wider society. But sadly we've still got a lot of work to do when it comes to tackling the gender pay gap.
New research published by the TUC reveals that the average woman has to wait nearly a fifth of a year (66 days) before she starts to get paid, compared to the average man.
When will the Government take women seriously? All the latest research says that we are, as usual, falling behind men in terms of pay.
But at least as troubling as the general, depressing discrimination we all face is the fact that it seems to be skilled and trained women losing out most of all.
It is everyday terrorism against women, but it is not recognised as such because the targets are women, and the perpetrators are the very people who claim to love us. While many of us have been directly harmed by male violence, the threat alone is enough to keep women as a class in a state of fear, controlled, pliable.
Yet when reporting on male violence, mainstream media neglects to call it what it is, with headlines often stating the sex of the victim while downplaying the sex of the perpetrator, if even mentioning him at all... I am tired of being polite. I am sick of trying to convince men of women's basic humanity. I am tired of asking men nicely to stop raping and killing us.
Our belief is that bringing people together - by sharing and celebrating our similarities, while at the same time starting to address the issues which drive our communities apart - is a new, positive and fresh approach to challenging the prejudice, mistrust and deadlock holding us back.
And that change begins this Sunday.
To kick off All Women Everywhere, we're looking at five organisations who make it their goal to empower and enable women in the UK and around the world, through volunteering, mentoring and fundraising.
So instead of just reading about the problems facing women in 2017, here's how to be part of the solution this year.
What made the Women's March different and a turning point for how we deal with and treat women's issues, was the acknowledgement that women aren't a species that exists in isolation.
And while it isn't right that 52% of the population is still having to fight for basic equal rights, my god, wasn't it fantastic that 100% of us decided enough was enough?
So here we are, on the cusp of launching our third annual All Women Everywhere project, which will run for the month of March.
Poverty is sexist. Demanding governments break down the barriers that prevent girls going to school can end gender injustice, it can help prevent poverty, and it will strengthen global security.
The fight against extreme poverty and for better security starts with getting an education for 130million girls.