Please make time to listen to Tahlia Isaac's International Women's Day Address from 2025, speaking from her personal experiences and the stories of others, about how we treat Indigenous women whom society labels as "criminals" and locks up for overwhelmingly minor offences, further oppressing them and pushing them into poverty and recidivism.

In my opinion, if you think prisons perform a necessary function in society for separating the "bad" from the "good" and keeping communities safe, or that police and the courts are fair and just, then you don't yet understand the system.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/australia-s-broken-social-contract-protecting-women-in-prison/106524260

#IndigenousWomen #SystemicOppression #PrisonReform #SocialJustice #AboriginalWomen #InternationalWomensDay

Australia's Broken Social Contract — Tahlia Isaac wants to protect women in prison - ABC listen

What happens to a community when it punishes its most vulnerable instead of protecting them Drawing on her own story of addiction, imprisonment, and recovery, as well as her frontline work supporting women behind bars and post-release, Tahlia Issac challenges the "tough on crime" narrative. The typical incarcerated woman in Australia is First Nations, a mother, a survivor of violence, and imprisoned for a low-level offence. Locking her up doesn't make communities safer — it makes them more fragile. This is the 2025 International Women's Day Address at the National Press Club of Australia. Speakers Tahlia Isaac Founder and CEO of Project: herself with lived experience as a woman in prison Emma Macdonald Associate Editor or Her Canberra, an online media company, magazine, and community hub tailored specifically for women, and Canberra Convenor of Women in Media

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From @joannechocolat

Maddalena Casulana (1544–1590) was an Italian #composer, lutenist, and singer.

In #Venice, her book of madrigals for four voices, "Il primo libro di madrigali", was the first printed and published work by a woman in Western #music #history.

Personal note: much of her work has been lost or is incomplete, but several pieces have been found, restored, & were performed for the first time in 400 years in 2022, on BBC Radio 3 for #InternationalWomensDay

#CelebratingWomen #Italy #Maddalena_Casulana #IWD #Artemisia_Gentileschi #Madrigals

Happy International Women’s Day! 🌷

Heute feiern wir die Stärke, Kompetenz und Innovationskraft von Frauen - weltweit.

Vielfalt ist für uns kein Schlagwort, sondern ein Erfolgsfaktor. Wir setzen uns für Chancengleichheit, gegenseitigen Respekt und echte Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten ein – heute und an jedem anderen Tag im Jahr.

Danke an all die inspirierenden Frauen, die unsere Branche und unser Unternehmen jeden Tag mitgestalten.

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD #WomenInTech #Diversity #audiusgroup

To narrow the gender gap on Wikipedia, back in March, 194 participants created 129 new articles and improved or expanded 429.

"Some wrote about women from their own family histories. Others delved into archives and heritage collections, bringing forgotten stories back to life."

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/04/04/%f0%9f%92%9c-together-were-writing-women-back-into-history/

#wikipedia #GenderGap #InternationalWomensDay

💜 Together, we’re writing women back into history

Women are still underrepresented on Wikipedia. That’s why, on March 8, 9, and 10, around International Women’s Day, volunteers gathered at 16 locations across Flanders, Brussels, and Wallonia for w…

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Centro CSO conmemora su noveno Día Internacional de la Mujer

Los Ángeles, CA – El 8 de marzo, más de 150 personas se reunieron en el Ayuntamiento de Boyle Heights para asistir a la novena celebración anual del Día Internacional de la Mujer organizada por Centro CSO. El evento de este año contó con puestos de comida y un panel de conversación con oradoras de las diferentes áreas de trabajo de Centro CSO, como inmigración, educación y brutalidad policial. La Dra. Rocío Rivas, miembro de la junta directiva del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Ángeles (LAUSD) que defiende a la segunda jurisdicción escolar más grande del país contra la privatización, fue la oradora principal del evento.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/centro-cso-conmemora-su-noveno-dia-internacional-de-la-mujer

Santa Ana se moviliza por el Día Internacional de la Mujer

Santa Ana, CA — El sábado 7 de marzo, cerca de 50 miembros de la comunidad se congregaron en el parque El Salvador para el Día Internacional de la Mujer. A pesar de las intensas ráfagas de los vientos de Santa Ana, los participantes mantuvieron el ánimo en alto. Condenaron los numerosos ataques perpetrados contra las mujeres y las personas LGBTQ por parte de la administración Trump.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/santa-ana-se-moviliza-por-el-dia-internacional-de-la-mujer