Feminism

feminist movements in the world

Index

Reminder & Definition

Inspiring figures

Key dates

Reminder & Defintion

What is feminism?

• Commited movement

• Equality between women and men

• Feminists fight for women’s rights around the world

• Fight against patriarchy

• For a society more just, happy and prosperous society

Some time ago women...

• ...were not allowed to open a bank account

• ...couldn't divorce their husbands

• ...didn't have the right to vote

• ...didn't have access to education

• ...didn't have access to work

In other words, they were not very free...

Inspiring figures

Emmeline Pankhurst

Clara Zetkin

• german teacher, journalist and politician
• In 1910, proposed an International Women’s Day to advocate for the right to vote and gender equality.
• In 1921, Lenin declared International Women’s Day on 8 March.
• It was not until 1977 that the UN made this day official.

• feminist British politician
• In 1903 : Women’s Social and Political Union
• group quickly appointed suffragettes
• In 1918, British women obtained the right to vote from the age of 30

Malala Yousafzai

• At 11, she writes a blog called Diary of a Pakistani schoolgirl for the BBC

• In 2012, she was the victim of an assassination attempt by the Taliban where she was seriously injured.
• In 2014, at the age of 17, she won the Nobel Peace Prize

KEY DATES

7 jun1977

27 nov1893

In Italy, the Senate rejected the abortion law. It was implemented only a year later.

New Zealand is the first country in the world to establish women’s right to vote

1979

28 dec1967

In Sri Lanka, a law is created to prohibit the sale of alcoholic drinks to women.

Legalization of contraception in France, but prohibition of promoting it

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