https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9 400BC-Now en-us 2020-11-21 20:07:30 UTC 2020-11-21 20:57:02 UTC hello@padlet.com lambertsheila https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9/wish/948565396 Despite extraordinary medical advances throughout history, more than 800 women still die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth – 99 per cent of them in developing countries.]]> 2020-11-21 20:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9/wish/948565396 lambertsheila https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9/wish/948572442 Even with substantial progress in achieving gender parity at all levels of education, disparities remain in some developing regions. For instance, only 70 girls are enrolled for every 100 boys in tertiary level education in sub-Saharan Africa.]]> 2020-11-21 20:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9/wish/948572442 lambertsheila https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9/wish/948580568 Poverty is one of the greatest challenges of our time, disproportionally affecting women and girls; their health, employment and safety. Today, 836 million people still live in extreme poverty.]]> 2020-11-21 20:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9/wish/948580568 lambertsheila https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9/wish/948589124 Women’s representation is still lagging in politics. In 2015, only 22 per cent of all national parliamentarians were female, a slow increase from 11.3 per cent in 1995.]]> 2020-11-21 20:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9/wish/948589124 lambertsheila https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9/wish/948591937 A pioneering Japanese editor, writer and political activist, Raichō Hiratsuka co-founded her country’s first all-women run literary journal Seitō in 1911 through which she challenged women’s traditional roles at home. In the magazine’s inaugural issue, she emboldens women to “reveal the genius hidden within us!”]]> 2020-11-21 20:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9/wish/948591937 lambertsheila https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9/wish/948594034 International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality]]> 2020-11-21 20:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9/wish/948594034 lambertsheila https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9/wish/948611475 First African-American woman to receive a pilot's license.]]> 2020-11-21 20:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lambertsheila/w14f7t6fh0qpmng9/wish/948611475