
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un took time on March 8 to celebrate International Women’s Day with speeches and public events, handing out makeup to a crowd of pilots as gifts for their wives.
by Mary Chastain10 Mar 2015, 10:38 AM PST0

A female Lebanese TV host swatted down a London-based Islamic scholar and sheikh after he told her to “shut up” and said that it was “beneath” him to be interviewed by her because she is a woman.
by Adelle Nazarian9 Mar 2015, 7:02 PM PST0

In case you forgot, Sunday was International Women’s Day. Five hundred women who gathered at the doorsteps of LAPD headquarters and marched east to the Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights carrying signs reading “Women’s rights are human rights,” “RIP PATRIARCHY” and “#ovarianpsycos,” didn’t forget.
by Robert Wilde9 Mar 2015, 9:43 AM PST0

President Obama touted the “Let Girls Learn” initiative during his weekly address on Saturday. Transcript as Follows: “Hi, everybody. Sunday is International Women’s Day — a day to celebrate remarkable women and girls worldwide, and to re-dedicate ourselves to defending
by Ian Hanchett7 Mar 2015, 5:25 AM PST0

Members of the Afghanistan Volunteers Foundation organized a march through Kabul to protest for women’s rights, just days before International Women’s Day. The twenty men wore burqas, which is the traditional clothing for women in the country. https://twitter.com/trustlaw_women/status/573468380604334080 https://twitter.com/AntDeRosa/status/573854582184476672 The
by Mary Chastain6 Mar 2015, 8:24 AM PST0