Wednesdays for Women

For women, every Wednesday.

[Wednesdays for Women @WednesdaysForW]

Happy #InternationalWomenInScienceDay! Today represents both the historical underrepresentation of women in STEM fields and our generation’s urge to change this narrative. Women belong in lab coats, boardrooms, negotiation tables, classrooms and on television. 1/4

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

S Africa police name suspects linked to murder of student on date https://t.co/XrY0rNSlBu

[FindingAda @FindingAda]

I need to raise £1,300 to keep the ALD website online and the newsletter going out every week. We have so much fabulous content on our site about and for women in STEM, as well as 16 years of ALD Live archives. Please donate or share!

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[Killed Women @KilledWomennw]

The man who plied his girlfriend Olivia with a lethal dose of cocaine before strangling her on the night she tried to leave him has been jailed for at least 35 years.
https://t.co/xsbKYpnLJy
The judge said: "You are a manipulative, determined, misogynistic, selfish narcissist and a truly evil individual. The term 'evil' is not a superlative to be used lightly but in your case it is thoroughly deserved."
Olivia's mother said: "I feel sick, I'm limping inside with pain. I gave life to Olivia and now one person on this earth was allowed to take her life away. Our family will never recover from her death and the knowledge of the awful ordeal of her last few months when you drew her into into a dark world of your own devising."

[UN Women @UN_Women]

Today we remember Minerva Bernardino, a diplomat from the Dominican Republic who was born #OnThisDay.

In a profession dominated by men, she was one of only 4 women to sign the @UN Charter in 1945.

👏🏼👏🏽

[Wednesdays for Women @WednesdaysForW]

@therabbithole Lol and who defined which view is “correct”

[Wednesdays for Women @WednesdaysForW]

Cannot believe we’ve lost such a strong advocate. Thank you for speaking up in a landscape that thrives on (and breeds) silence.

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Virginia Giuffre, prominent Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivor, dies by suicide https://t.co/1aT9OIWZ74

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

The majority of earth's scientists now believe we are headed for at least 2.5°C of warming.

We're in a climate emergency. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables #go100re

[Wednesdays for Women @WednesdaysForW]

I’m back - with a renewed mission. Stay tuned.

#W4W #WednesdaysForWomen

[David Challen @David_Challen]

‘She felt like she wasn’t believed.’

Semina Halliwell, 12, reported a sexual assault but faced bullying and disbelief. Days before a police interview, she tragically took her own life.

The inquest, which is due to last for seven days, continues.
➡️ https://t.co/RRPTBjOpwP

[Wednesdays for Women @WednesdaysForW]

My heart is just broken. 💔

[David Challen @David_Challen]

“I’m sorry that your voice has not been fully heard and that justice has not been done the way we all hoped,”
- Angela Dawes, mother of Kiena

This story reveals the horrific abuse that led to Kiena’s tragic suicide.

This is murder in slow motion.
➡️ https://t.co/P7v54C0oKc

[Wednesdays for Women @WednesdaysForW]

British or UK citizens: please sign this petition to show that abortion should be a health issue, not a criminal one: https://t.co/8nA5zmWP43

[FindingAda @FindingAda]

Janaki Ammal crossbred sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield that could flourish in India's tropical climate. She was instrumental in saving the botanically diverse Silent Valley in India. https://t.co/1lg6jeDAWr

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

German-Iranian woman Nahid Taghavi released from prison in Tehran https://t.co/xOKQiFkokT

[Maria Maalouf @MariaMaalouf13]

"The Taliban use Islam as a weapon against women"
"They don't consider women as human beings"
Strong words but so true, thank you to #Malala, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2014, for bringing this voice to the international stage.
#StandWithWomenInAfghanistan

[UN Women @UN_Women]

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤:
It's 2025 and no country has achieved #GenderEquality, nor is close to it.🤯

We need to step up our efforts for a better future #ForAllWomenAndGirls.

[Habib Khan @HabibKhanT]

Female education is illegal in Afghanistan under the Taliban, and it’s been 1,215 days since they banned girls from attending school. #LetHerLearn

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

The Maths Queen with a quantum mission to mentor girls https://t.co/AmFLFBk67r

[Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs @SweMFA]

Today, Sweden 🇸🇪 takes over the presidency of the Executive Board of @UN_Women, the UN organisation for gender equality and women’s empowerment that plays a key role in promoting gender equality and empowering women and girls all over the world.
#UNWomen

[Jahanzib Wesa @jahanzibwesa]

An innocent Afghan girl, in tears at her 6th-grade graduation, says, “Let this be my final goodbye to the classroom, desk, & chair. Oh God, what have we done wrong?”

After sixth grade, she will be banned from education. heartbreaking farewell to learning under Taliban’s rule.

[Wednesdays for Women @WednesdaysForW]

No more female Afghan doctors under the Taliban #shorts #afghanistan #ta... https://t.co/0B0kBoNmv2 via @YouTube