Happy International Women's Day! 👩👩‍🚀👩‍🎓👵

[27sp.sandra]

Today, March 8th, all around the world we commemorate Women’s Day. On this day, we celebrate the achievements of women, but we also raise awareness of the struggle we face living in a world without gender equality and why as a society we must continue to seek equality for all.

There are many women who have changed the world , for example: Simone de Beauvoir, Marie Curie, Rosa Parks, Malala Yousafzai and Rosalind Franklin.

There are many more, so I would like to know if there is a woman you admire and why?

[Toby]

Einen schönen Weltfrauentag zusammen!

I’d like to mention Astrid Lindgren, because she gave kids all around the world a strong young female heroine to identify with.

Here’s my favorite quote from her:
“Pippi (Longstocking) embodies my own childhood longing to meet someone who has power but does not abuse it.”

[Kristyna]

A woman I personally admire is Marie Forleo.

She wrote a wonderful book that inspired me a lot. (Book title: Everything is figureoutable).

Marie is a coach and encourages people to believe in their dreams and figure out how to turn them into reality. https://www.marieforleo.com/

[JuliaD]

(Good discussion!
I would just like to point out that, in French at least, it is not “la journée de la femme” (Woman’s day), it is “la journée (internationale) des DROITS deS femmeS” (day for the RIGHTS of womEN) - it is about celebrating the fight for the rights of women, and as women are different people and not a homogeneous group, it is “femmes” (women) in plural form.)

[27sp.sandra]

Merci, @JuliaD, great explanation . It is very interesting how this sentence can change so much in different languages. I just made the correction .