Today we’re highlighting #literary legends from #Lebanon : Hanan al-Shaykh, novelist, short story author, and playwright, consistently examines the role of women and regularly challenges Arab Middle Eastern social structures #womenshistorymonth2022
#Accesstofinance remains a key gap for enabling #Entrepreneurship, even more so for marginalized communities without the financial #infrastructure and #supportsystems others enjoy. Read about our experiences examining financial ecosystems in the #Sahel: https://t.co/4wj3D1HSNF
Victoria Ocampo (1890-1979) was the first woman to be elected to the Argentine Academy of Letters, and an important writer during the 1930s and 1940s. She founded Sur, perhaps the most important Argentine literary magazine of the time. #Argentina#WomensHistoryMonth
Rita Segato, feminist anthropologist and activist, focuses on gender in indigenous villages and Latin American communities, violence against women, and the relationships between gender, racism, and colonialism. #Argentina#WomensHistoryMonth
New Case Study! Read about how @CatalystasC supported @CaritasAustria in their education program in the #MiddleEast, evaluating and assisting in laying the foundations for a strong upcoming multi-country, context-specific operational strategy.
👉 More: https://t.co/7a6zptUEsx
Exciting times! Our new course, Catalystas' Ethical Guidelines for Data Collection, is almost ready for release!
Head on over to our homepage to learn more.
https://t.co/h6Lc9yTKeA
#Sustainable#Ethical#IntersectionalFeminist#DataCollection
Célestine Ouezzin Coulibaly (1914-1997) was an anti-colonialist leader in #BurkinaFaso, born between 1910-1914. She helped to establish the women's section of the Rassemblement Démocratique Africain, becoming its secretary general in 1948.
#WomensHistoryMonth#WHM2022
Bibata Ouedraogo, is a Burkinabé woman and activist committed to promoting and protecting women's rights in Burkina Faso, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, and maternal rights.
#WomensHistoryMonth2022#WHM2022#BurkinaFaso
In times of conflict, decision-making processes & humanitarian response cannot occur without the involvement of women.
We must amplify their voices to ensure:
✅ that their rights are upheld
✅ that the humanitarian assistance is gender-responsive
#InternationalWomensDay
Supporting women to study, work and grow their own businesses has always been one of our missions at SPARK. Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all the entrepreneurs, students, academics, tech geniuses, mothers and more that we support 🧕🏼👩🏼🦰👩🏼🌾👩🏻🔧👩���🏭👩🏼💼🕵🏾♀️
It’s #InternationalWomensDay!!! Today we commit to #BreakTheBias; calling out gender bias, discrimination, and stereotyping wherever we see it.
Check out our Newsletter to see what we've been up to:
👉 https://t.co/oBTd8t74Xt
Happy International Women's Day 2022! #IWD2022
Riham Yacoub was the organizer of the Women's March during the Basra Protests in 2018 in #Iraq, and a prominent activist and women's rights campaigner.
#WHM2022#WomensHistoryMonth
Meet @RAMI2MA! Rami is a creative consultant who has tailored a unique data-driven process that is a fusion of design thinking, behavioral psychology, & project management. Rami is motivated by his passion for humanitarian issues & empowerment.
More:
👉 https://t.co/32knYnm3a6
Another little snippet of exciting things to come!
Ethical data collection is key for any project or initiative aiming to make an impactful, sustainable difference in the world.
More:
👉 https://t.co/OKZ7zAj0TR
#EthicalDataCollection#IntersectionalFeminist#Sustainability
The second #Mexican change-maker we'd like to highlight for #WomensHistoryMonth (#WHM) is Lourdes Maldonado López; a journalist who covered corruption & politics. She was murdered on 23 January 2022; one of at least four journalists killed in Mexico since the start of the year.