#iwd — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #iwd, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/people/90450/ Give To Gain: The return on investing in financial education for women is high #ChristineLagarde #diversity #ECB #Economics #Economy #Equality #equity #EuropeanCentralBank #event #Finance #FinancialLiteracy #GiveToGain #IMF #inclusion #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #IWD2026
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on this international workers' day, please remember those whose labour goes largely unacknowledged, unappreciated & unpaid. here's to the carers & the cleaners & everyone else without whom the human world would pretty much grind to a halt.
#iwd #internationalWorkersDay #huitHeures #1erMai #work #labour #art #illustration -
on this international workers' day, please remember those whose labour goes largely unacknowledged, unappreciated & unpaid. here's to the carers & the cleaners & everyone else without whom the human world would pretty much grind to a halt.
#iwd #internationalWorkersDay #huitHeures #1erMai #work #labour #art #illustration -
on this international workers' day, please remember those whose labour goes largely unacknowledged, unappreciated & unpaid. here's to the carers & the cleaners & everyone else without whom the human world would pretty much grind to a halt.
#iwd #internationalWorkersDay #huitHeures #1erMai #work #labour #art #illustration -
on this international workers' day, please remember those whose labour goes largely unacknowledged, unappreciated & unpaid. here's to the carers & the cleaners & everyone else without whom the human world would pretty much grind to a halt.
#iwd #internationalWorkersDay #huitHeures #1erMai #work #labour #art #illustration -
on this international workers' day, please remember those whose labour goes largely unacknowledged, unappreciated & unpaid. here's to the carers & the cleaners & everyone else without whom the human world would pretty much grind to a halt.
#iwd #internationalWorkersDay #huitHeures #1erMai #work #labour #art #illustration -
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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#IWD #happyinternationalwomensday
#HappyDay #Bahd #Lex #EstherClement #Mymother #MyQueenMother 👸✅♀️♐♥️
#March #March8th #March8
🙏To All that has to do with #female 👸
👸 #gender Or #genderhood
#Congrats #Congratulations 🍬🎈🎉🎀
#bahdlex #Bahdlexblog #Bahdlexempire -
After seeing the news that trans women prisoners in the US are being transferred to men's prisons under Trump's executive order, I have been reminded of #March8th 2019 when Women's Strike Assembly #London occupied the UK Ministry of Justice to protest against #transphobic measures to segregate incarcerated #trans women.
Check out our wonderful posters for #PrisonAbolition
#womenstrike #IntersectionalFeminism #8M #WomenStrike #NoBorders #InternationalWomensDay #IWD
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After seeing the news that trans women prisoners in the US are being transferred to men's prisons under Trump's executive order, I have been reminded of #March8th 2019 when Women's Strike Assembly #London occupied the UK Ministry of Justice to protest against #transphobic measures to segregate incarcerated #trans women.
Check out our wonderful posters for #PrisonAbolition
#womenstrike #IntersectionalFeminism #8M #WomenStrike #NoBorders #InternationalWomensDay #IWD
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After seeing the news that trans women prisoners in the US are being transferred to men's prisons under Trump's executive order, I have been reminded of #March8th 2019 when Women's Strike Assembly #London occupied the UK Ministry of Justice to protest against #transphobic measures to segregate incarcerated #trans women.
Check out our wonderful posters for #PrisonAbolition
#womenstrike #IntersectionalFeminism #8M #WomenStrike #NoBorders #InternationalWomensDay #IWD
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After seeing the news that trans women prisoners in the US are being transferred to men's prisons under Trump's executive order, I have been reminded of #March8th 2019 when Women's Strike Assembly #London occupied the UK Ministry of Justice to protest against #transphobic measures to segregate incarcerated #trans women.
Check out our wonderful posters for #PrisonAbolition
#womenstrike #IntersectionalFeminism #8M #WomenStrike #NoBorders #InternationalWomensDay #IWD
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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
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Celebrate inspirational women with film for International Women's Day! Our Women's History Collection highlights award-winning films from around the world about women and girls who make history. For grades 3-12 and adult/higher ed.
#InternationalWomensDay #IWD #IWD2026 #GenderEqualityMonth #WomensHistoryMonth #Movies #History #WomensHistory #Histodons #WomensVoices #RoleModels #GlobalEducation #Education #Homeschooling
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How to Celebrate International Women’s Day: 50 Inspiring Women Leaders, Quotes & Actionable Ideas #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #IWD2026 #WomensRights #ChooseToChallenge #GenderEquality #WomenInLeadership #HearHerVoice #CelebrateWomen https://www.gsnsp.com/international-womens-day-50-leaders-quotes-ideas/
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How to Celebrate International Women’s Day: 50 Inspiring Women Leaders, Quotes & Actionable Ideas #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #IWD2026 #WomensRights #ChooseToChallenge #GenderEquality #WomenInLeadership #HearHerVoice #CelebrateWomen https://www.gsnsp.com/international-womens-day-50-leaders-quotes-ideas/
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How to Celebrate International Women’s Day: 50 Inspiring Women Leaders, Quotes & Actionable Ideas #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #IWD2026 #WomensRights #ChooseToChallenge #GenderEquality #WomenInLeadership #HearHerVoice #CelebrateWomen https://www.gsnsp.com/international-womens-day-50-leaders-quotes-ideas/
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How to Celebrate International Women’s Day: 50 Inspiring Women Leaders, Quotes & Actionable Ideas #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #IWD2026 #WomensRights #ChooseToChallenge #GenderEquality #WomenInLeadership #HearHerVoice #CelebrateWomen https://www.gsnsp.com/international-womens-day-50-leaders-quotes-ideas/
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Why Is International Women’s Day on March 8? History, Origins & Suffragette Movement #internationalwomensday #IWD #IWD2026 #womensrights #ChooseToChallenge #genderequality #WomenInLeadership #CelebrateWomen https://www.gsnsp.com/why-is-international-womens-day-march-8-true-history/
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Why Is International Women’s Day on March 8? History, Origins & Suffragette Movement #internationalwomensday #IWD #IWD2026 #womensrights #ChooseToChallenge #genderequality #WomenInLeadership #CelebrateWomen https://www.gsnsp.com/why-is-international-womens-day-march-8-true-history/
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Why Is International Women’s Day on March 8? History, Origins & Suffragette Movement #internationalwomensday #IWD #IWD2026 #womensrights #ChooseToChallenge #genderequality #WomenInLeadership #CelebrateWomen https://www.gsnsp.com/why-is-international-womens-day-march-8-true-history/
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Why Is International Women’s Day on March 8? History, Origins & Suffragette Movement #internationalwomensday #IWD #IWD2026 #womensrights #ChooseToChallenge #genderequality #WomenInLeadership #CelebrateWomen https://www.gsnsp.com/why-is-international-womens-day-march-8-true-history/
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This International Women’s Day, get ready for Shropshire’s BIGGEST celebration of local women — a unique 2-day event dedicated to recognising the achievements, talents and stories of women across the county.
of local women, this is an event not to miss.Friday 6th March at Wem Town Hall in Wem
Saturday 7th March at Festival Drayton Centre in Market Drayton#IWD #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #WomenSupportingWomen #CelebrateWomen #ShropshireWomen 👩 🎉
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Today is #InternationalWomensDay #IWD. #Gold #mining forces women and children into sex #slavery! Help #Yanomami people forced from their #rainforest homes for the #greed of gold! 🪙⛔️ #BoycottGold #BoycottGold4Yanomami 🫶🌳 @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8uY?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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Today I Rise
The world is missing what I am ready to give: my wisdom, my sweetness, my love and my hunger for peace. I weep with the trees and the rivers and the earth in distress. I rise and shine and I am ready to go on my quest. Today I rise…Without doubt or hesitation. Today I rise. Without excuses – Without procrastination. Today I call my sisters to join. A movement of resoluteness and ….concern. Today is my call to action. I will fulfill my mission. Without further distraction.
Today is the day! Today I will start to offer the world: The Wisdom of my heart.
💜 poem by Alexandra Feldner
🎞️ by Alexandra Feldner & Agata Wels©️ video has been originally downloaded with permission from their website in 2018, now available via Films For Action
#TodayIRise #AlexandraFeldner #AgataWels #InternationalWomensDay #Equality #Liberation #FemalePower #Feminism #WomensRights #WomensHealth #WomensChoices #IWD #InternationalWomensWeek #égalité #PouvoirFéminin #Féminisme #DroitsDesFemmes #SantéDesFemmes #ChoixDesFemmes #JournéeInternationaleDesFemmes #SemaineInternationaleDesFemmes
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CW: 🧵 ESWA Monthly March 2026 (4/10): Campaigning.
In March we have observed the International Sex Workers’ Rights Day,¹ International Women’s Day,² and Trans Day of Visibility.
For the Trans Day of Visibility, ESWA has joined the video campaign of TGEU - Transgender Europe and Central Asia, centering trans voices talking about the invisibilised aspects of their lives. To highlight intersections between sex workers’ rights and trans rights, sex worker’s rights activist Ines Anttila and ESWA Director of Communication and Campaigns Wszebor Sienkiewicz sent their contributions. You can see the campaign videos on TGEU’s instagram.
Thank you everyone who joined the premiere and live stream of the community video on what sex workers wish the world knew. Being together, even in this small capacity, made the International Sex Workers’ Day on March 3rd special. For those of you who missed the video, check it out on ESWA YouTube.¹
¹ Relevant post for ISWRD: 🐘 https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/116141536096476508
🎞️ Video (YouTube, sadly): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOp1q9x2qRw² Relevant post for IWD: 🐘 https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/116206888700309841
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CW: 🧵 ESWA Monthly March 2026 (4/10): Campaigning.
In March we have observed the International Sex Workers’ Rights Day,¹ International Women’s Day,² and Trans Day of Visibility.
For the Trans Day of Visibility, ESWA has joined the video campaign of TGEU - Transgender Europe and Central Asia, centering trans voices talking about the invisibilised aspects of their lives. To highlight intersections between sex workers’ rights and trans rights, sex worker’s rights activist Ines Anttila and ESWA Director of Communication and Campaigns Wszebor Sienkiewicz sent their contributions. You can see the campaign videos on TGEU’s instagram.
Thank you everyone who joined the premiere and live stream of the community video on what sex workers wish the world knew. Being together, even in this small capacity, made the International Sex Workers’ Day on March 3rd special. For those of you who missed the video, check it out on ESWA YouTube.¹
¹ Relevant post for ISWRD: 🐘 https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/116141536096476508
🎞️ Video (YouTube, sadly): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOp1q9x2qRw² Relevant post for IWD: 🐘 https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/116206888700309841
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CW: 🧵 ESWA Monthly March 2026 (4/10): Campaigning.
In March we have observed the International Sex Workers’ Rights Day,¹ International Women’s Day,² and Trans Day of Visibility.
For the Trans Day of Visibility, ESWA has joined the video campaign of TGEU - Transgender Europe and Central Asia, centering trans voices talking about the invisibilised aspects of their lives. To highlight intersections between sex workers’ rights and trans rights, sex worker’s rights activist Ines Anttila and ESWA Director of Communication and Campaigns Wszebor Sienkiewicz sent their contributions. You can see the campaign videos on TGEU’s instagram.
Thank you everyone who joined the premiere and live stream of the community video on what sex workers wish the world knew. Being together, even in this small capacity, made the International Sex Workers’ Day on March 3rd special. For those of you who missed the video, check it out on ESWA YouTube.¹
¹ Relevant post for ISWRD: 🐘 https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/116141536096476508
🎞️ Video (YouTube, sadly): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOp1q9x2qRw² Relevant post for IWD: 🐘 https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/116206888700309841
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CW: 🧵 ESWA Monthly March 2026 (4/10): Campaigning.
In March we have observed the International Sex Workers’ Rights Day,¹ International Women’s Day,² and Trans Day of Visibility.
For the Trans Day of Visibility, ESWA has joined the video campaign of TGEU - Transgender Europe and Central Asia, centering trans voices talking about the invisibilised aspects of their lives. To highlight intersections between sex workers’ rights and trans rights, sex worker’s rights activist Ines Anttila and ESWA Director of Communication and Campaigns Wszebor Sienkiewicz sent their contributions. You can see the campaign videos on TGEU’s instagram.
Thank you everyone who joined the premiere and live stream of the community video on what sex workers wish the world knew. Being together, even in this small capacity, made the International Sex Workers’ Day on March 3rd special. For those of you who missed the video, check it out on ESWA YouTube.¹
¹ Relevant post for ISWRD: 🐘 https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/116141536096476508
🎞️ Video (YouTube, sadly): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOp1q9x2qRw² Relevant post for IWD: 🐘 https://kolektiva.social/@yenndc/116206888700309841
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Today is #InternationalWomensDay #IWD. #Gold #mining forces women and children into sex #slavery! Help #Yanomami people forced from their #rainforest homes for the #greed of gold! 🪙⛔️ #BoycottGold #BoycottGold4Yanomami 🫶🌳 @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8uY?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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Today is #InternationalWomensDay #IWD. #Gold #mining forces women and children into sex #slavery! Help #Yanomami people forced from their #rainforest homes for the #greed of gold! 🪙⛔️ #BoycottGold #BoycottGold4Yanomami 🫶🌳 @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8uY?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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Today is #InternationalWomensDay #IWD. #Gold #mining forces women and children into sex #slavery! Help #Yanomami people forced from their #rainforest homes for the #greed of gold! 🪙⛔️ #BoycottGold #BoycottGold4Yanomami 🫶🌳 @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8uY?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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Today is #InternationalWomensDay #IWD. #Gold #mining forces women and children into sex #slavery! Help #Yanomami people forced from their #rainforest homes for the #greed of gold! 🪙⛔️ #BoycottGold #BoycottGold4Yanomami 🫶🌳 @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8uY?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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If you are still looking for an idea how to celebrate the #iwd2026 this post is for you.
Just ask your male colleagues tomorrow how do they actually manage to combine household, care work and career.
Looking forward to the answers.
#iwd2026 #frauentag #DEIB #dei #diversity #InternationalWomensDay #8marca #iwd #Weltfrauentag
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Promoting #DEI in #music is my jam. Mark your calendars for BAD❤️SS LADIES OF #TWITCH, coming up March 6 – 8, feat. over 30 amazing #DJs from around the world! #maerchen1313 spins at noon EST on the Friday. https://twitch.tv/maerchen1313
#IWD #gamergirl #equalpay #empowerher #postpunk #80s #oc #IWD2025 #cosplay #cosplaygirl #gender #equity #diversity #gamer #gaming #playstation #twitch #videogames #xbox #twitchstreamer #streamer #girlgamer #pcgaming #nintendo #xboxone #fortnite #gta #pcgamer #anime
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Vandaag is Internationale Vrouwendag. Straks om 12 uur loop ik mee met de Vrouwenmars in Alkmaar. Dat is helaas nog steeds keihard nodig.
Abortus moet uit het Wetboek van Strafrecht! Baas in eigen buik!
Iedere 8 dagen wordt er in Nederland een vrouw vermoord. Dat is bijna altijd door een bekende. Er moet eerder ingegrepen kunnen worden zodat het niet meer zover komt.
De door terf's en extreem rechtse partijen en gristen fundi's aangewakkerde haat tegen trans vrouwen is afschuwelijk. Daar zal ik altijd tegen blijven protesteren.Toch gaat deze post daar niet over.
Deze post gaat over die andere vrouwen. De vrouwen dieren in de vee-industrie die geen stem hebben maar wel op gigantische schaal misbruikt, mishandeld en verkracht worden. Keer op keer op keer tot de productiviteit afneemt en het enkele reis slachthuis wordt. Dat dan hopelijk in Nederland staat en niet in Polen, Kroatië, Spanje of Italië.
De manier waarop biggetjes en kalfjes geproduceerd worden is dieronterend.#InternationaleVrouwendag #IWD #Vrouwenrechten #Dierenrechten #GoVegan #VeeIndustrie
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Please help me escape daily #abuse from a dark triad #Narcissist (psychiatrist diagnosed). I’m #Disabled with severe #ChronicIllness & have endured #CoerciveControl #Neglect #Isolation for 20 years.
I’m at $6281/$10000 to start life again from scratch. Dr fears I will die here if I don’t escape now.#InternationalWomensDay #IWD
#MutualAid #FediAid
#MutualAidAustralia
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https://chuffed.org/project/161937-help-anna-escape -
«Decriminalise Our Lives!»
International Women's Day: Shared Vision for Feminism.
Statement by ESWA, EuroNPUD, S.A.F.E. and Equinox Initiative.
[I cannot agree more with it. ❤️🔥😍 💯]
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‣ Criminalisation should NEVER be the first response to social and healthcare issues!
3 years ago, the 8 March Principles were launched - to provide a new model on how we see justice.
This International Women's Day, we're calling for care over carceralism, on issues including sex work, abortion, harm reduction, racial justice and poverty.
We advocate for a feminism that is rights-based, not punitive.
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‣ Rights not rescue: sex work is work!
Criminalisation, including the criminalisation of clients, is a massive driver of violence against sex workers.
It drives sex work underground, into more danger and stigma, creates barriers to healthcare, housing, and justice.
The 8 March Principles emphasise that consensual sexual activity between adults should never be a matter for the criminal legal system.
Decriminalisation of sex work prioritises the safety, human and labour rights of sex workers.
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‣ Criminalisation has never stopped abortions from happening. It only makes them less safe.
Under the 8 March Principles, reproductive and bodily autonomy are recognised as fundamental human rights.
We demand the removal of all punitive barriers to healthcare. When we treat abortion as a crime, we violate the right to health, privacy, and bodily autonomy. It is time for a legal system that trusts individuals to make decisions about their own bodies without the threat of a prison cell.
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‣ Support, don't punish! Harm reduction saves lives. Criminalisation destroys them.
The “War on Drugs” is a war on all humans. In practice, it disproportionately impacts women, caregivers and communities already marginalised.
The 8 March Principles advocate for a shift from criminalisation to harm reduction. Drug use is a public health issue, not a criminal one. By redirecting resources from policing to community-supported healthcare and safe consumption services, we can transform our societies for the better.
Lived experience is knowledge.
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‣ Carceralism vs. Racial Justice.
The legal system isn't “neutral”.
It disproportionately targets and penalises Black, Brown and racialised communities.The 8 March Principles remind us that justice cannot be achieved through a system built on systemic bias. We must dismantle the structures of over-policing and invest in safety measures that are led by and for the communities most affected by state violence.
Anti-carceral feminism is essential to realising racial justice.
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‣ The Shared Vision - Our Demands:
• Decriminalise abortion, sex work, drug use, and activities associated with poverty.
• Redirect resources from the carceral state to community-led safety, health, and housing.
• Adopt the 8 March Principles globally to ensure that human rights, not moral policing, guide our legal systems.
• Center lived experience as expertise: policies are stronger when shaped by the people most affected. Amplify community voices, recognise peer support, and treat people with dignity and autonomy.
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‣ Poverty is not a crime!
In many places, being poor or homeless is effectively treated as a criminal offense.
Laws targeting activities like loitering or sleeping in public punish people for simply existing.The 8 March Principles state that the criminal law should never be used to address social and economic exclusion.
We cannot jail our way out of poverty, and should never criminalise the means by which the poorest survive.Resources belong in housing and healthcare, not policing and prisons.
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‣ Further reading:
🌐 S.A.F.E. https://supportingabortions.eu
🌐 EuroNPUD: https://euronpud.net
➕ SisterWUD: https://euronpud.net/project/mobilising-women-who-use-drugs-and-combating-gender-based-violence-gbv/🌐 European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance: https://www.eswalliance.org
🌐 Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice: https://equinox-eu.com
🗄📄 8 March Principles: https://web.archive.org/web/20230311063011/https://icj2.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8-MARCH-Principles-FINAL-printer-version-1-MARCH-2023.pdf
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A safer world is possible when we stop using the law to punish and start using it to protect.
When we remove the threat of criminalisation, we create space for autonomy, safety, and dignity for all.
It also makes space for well-being and pleasure: safer choices, informed decisions, and self-determination.‣ LET'S BUILD A FEMINISM THAT LIBERATES EVERYONE, SPECIALLY THE MOST MARGINALISED.
#8M #M8 #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #Europe #ESWA #SAFE #EuroNPUD #EquinoxInitiative #SexWork #HarmReduction #SRHR #Abortion #DrugUse #Decrim #DecrimNow #Decriminalization #Feminisms
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«Decriminalise Our Lives!»
International Women's Day: Shared Vision for Feminism.
Statement by ESWA, EuroNPUD, S.A.F.E. and Equinox Initiative.
[I cannot agree more with it. ❤️🔥😍 💯]
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‣ Criminalisation should NEVER be the first response to social and healthcare issues!
3 years ago, the 8 March Principles were launched - to provide a new model on how we see justice.
This International Women's Day, we're calling for care over carceralism, on issues including sex work, abortion, harm reduction, racial justice and poverty.
We advocate for a feminism that is rights-based, not punitive.
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‣ Rights not rescue: sex work is work!
Criminalisation, including the criminalisation of clients, is a massive driver of violence against sex workers.
It drives sex work underground, into more danger and stigma, creates barriers to healthcare, housing, and justice.
The 8 March Principles emphasise that consensual sexual activity between adults should never be a matter for the criminal legal system.
Decriminalisation of sex work prioritises the safety, human and labour rights of sex workers.
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‣ Criminalisation has never stopped abortions from happening. It only makes them less safe.
Under the 8 March Principles, reproductive and bodily autonomy are recognised as fundamental human rights.
We demand the removal of all punitive barriers to healthcare. When we treat abortion as a crime, we violate the right to health, privacy, and bodily autonomy. It is time for a legal system that trusts individuals to make decisions about their own bodies without the threat of a prison cell.
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‣ Support, don't punish! Harm reduction saves lives. Criminalisation destroys them.
The “War on Drugs” is a war on all humans. In practice, it disproportionately impacts women, caregivers and communities already marginalised.
The 8 March Principles advocate for a shift from criminalisation to harm reduction. Drug use is a public health issue, not a criminal one. By redirecting resources from policing to community-supported healthcare and safe consumption services, we can transform our societies for the better.
Lived experience is knowledge.
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‣ Carceralism vs. Racial Justice.
The legal system isn't “neutral”.
It disproportionately targets and penalises Black, Brown and racialised communities.The 8 March Principles remind us that justice cannot be achieved through a system built on systemic bias. We must dismantle the structures of over-policing and invest in safety measures that are led by and for the communities most affected by state violence.
Anti-carceral feminism is essential to realising racial justice.
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‣ The Shared Vision - Our Demands:
• Decriminalise abortion, sex work, drug use, and activities associated with poverty.
• Redirect resources from the carceral state to community-led safety, health, and housing.
• Adopt the 8 March Principles globally to ensure that human rights, not moral policing, guide our legal systems.
• Center lived experience as expertise: policies are stronger when shaped by the people most affected. Amplify community voices, recognise peer support, and treat people with dignity and autonomy.
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‣ Poverty is not a crime!
In many places, being poor or homeless is effectively treated as a criminal offense.
Laws targeting activities like loitering or sleeping in public punish people for simply existing.The 8 March Principles state that the criminal law should never be used to address social and economic exclusion.
We cannot jail our way out of poverty, and should never criminalise the means by which the poorest survive.Resources belong in housing and healthcare, not policing and prisons.
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‣ Further reading:
🌐 S.A.F.E. https://supportingabortions.eu
🌐 EuroNPUD: https://euronpud.net
➕ SisterWUD: https://euronpud.net/project/mobilising-women-who-use-drugs-and-combating-gender-based-violence-gbv/🌐 European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance: https://www.eswalliance.org
🌐 Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice: https://equinox-eu.com
🗄📄 8 March Principles: https://web.archive.org/web/20230311063011/https://icj2.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8-MARCH-Principles-FINAL-printer-version-1-MARCH-2023.pdf
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A safer world is possible when we stop using the law to punish and start using it to protect.
When we remove the threat of criminalisation, we create space for autonomy, safety, and dignity for all.
It also makes space for well-being and pleasure: safer choices, informed decisions, and self-determination.‣ LET'S BUILD A FEMINISM THAT LIBERATES EVERYONE, SPECIALLY THE MOST MARGINALISED.
#8M #M8 #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #Europe #ESWA #SAFE #EuroNPUD #EquinoxInitiative #SexWork #HarmReduction #SRHR #Abortion #DrugUse #Decrim #DecrimNow #Decriminalization #Feminisms
