#IWD2017: Twitter marks March 8 with a look at the important issues still facing women
Twitter is using today to celebrate the accomplishments of women across the globe but also acknowledge that there is still progress to be made in the road ahead.
To mark International Women's Day, the social media giant is taking a look back over the last year and examining the powerful conversations that have taken place around women's issues.
Throughout 2016 and 2017 (so far) people have come together online to discuss the biggest issues that are facing women in their communities, countries and industries.
The organisation took a look back over the last year and a half and chose these tweets to represent powerful conversations involving women.
Women's participation and equality in the workforce.
Amazing artist @mrs_truscott who we are lucky to be working with @bacnyc stands with #wakingthefeminist @lianbell pic.twitter.com/49hktwQk3r
— Brokentalkers (@Brokentalkers) November 13, 2015
How do you #DressLikeAWoman? pic.twitter.com/bmY8rB5wUG
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) February 3, 2017
Hashtags such as #gleichistmehr in Germany and #3시STOP in Korea were used to highlight the topic of equal pay.
'성별임금격차가 100대 64라는데 진짜 여자라서 임금이 낮은 게 맞을까?' '그렇다면 왜 여자라서 임금이 낮은걸까?' 그 궁금증을 풀어줄 성별임금격차의 진실을 알려드립니다 #3시STOP #38세계여성의날 #성별임금격차 #3월8일광화문으로 pic.twitter.com/QFQtrL6zgM
— 한국여성민우회🎗️ (@womenlink) March 6, 2017
Gleicher Lohn für gleichwertige Arbeit! Hier ein paar Impressionen vom Auftakt der #EqualPayDay Kampagne 2017. #epd2017 #gleichistmehr pic.twitter.com/eDDmNDRGpQ
— Familien-, Senioren-, Frauen- & Jugendministerium (@BMFSFJ) October 20, 2016
Women in politics
Congratulations to the 35 women of the 32nd Dáil! #electwomen #GE16 pic.twitter.com/TZvFq3Cb0z
— Women for Election (@women4election) March 2, 2016
I'm dressing up as a #nastywoman for Halloween. By which I mean, I will dress as a competent, calm, and brilliant woman #debatenight
— Melissa Boteach (@mboteach) October 20, 2016
Tired of the obsession w/ Muslim women and who you think we are and are capable of. We define us. We tell our own stories. #CanYouHearUsNow
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) August 1, 2016
Wat een fantastisch resultaat. En een super power actie van @Ploumen4Women . #ploumen4women #shedecides https://t.co/4I3RDQVNBi
— Kathelijn Hendrikse (@kathelijnhendri) January 31, 2017
Women's safety in public spaces
And Another one. 13 trans women that we know of murdered in 2015. WTF. #StopTransMurders #TransLivesMatter #MsShade https://t.co/x3NazuHwxP
— Laverne Cox (@Lavernecox) August 12, 2015
"There is an ocean between safety and freedom and if we want the latter, we cannot ask for the former." Shilpa Phadke @whyloiter #IWillGoOut
— Dr. Sanjukta Basu (@sanjukta) February 6, 2017
Today marks the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. End the violence; your #ActionsMatter #December6 pic.twitter.com/maFB1dDbPL
— General / Général Wayne Eyre (@CDS_Canada_CEMD) December 6, 2016
Inspiring women and their accomplishments
.@OfficialCBC women in suffragette white for the #JointSession! We’re united against the Trump Admin’s dangerous agenda. #BlackGirlMagic pic.twitter.com/CzgEwK03Ii
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) February 28, 2017
4 out of 5 women want to start a business #SheMeansBusiness #SheLeadsIndia pic.twitter.com/5PeLB5EKSC
— SheThePeople (@SheThePeople) March 1, 2017
All women are role models; lets make them visible! So quick & easy to be involved in the #CelebratingWomen project - https://t.co/oAFwkxlDHk pic.twitter.com/7bTb8uFpEW
— Kirstin Ferguson (@kirstinferguson) February 4, 2017
In January the Womens March rallies almost broke the internet with 11.5m tweets sent with the hashtag #WomensMarch.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 11.5 million #WomensMarch Tweets sent around the world pic.twitter.com/XZ3V4Bf0l3
— Data (@XData) January 22, 2017
