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      Indian women from Mazdoor Sabha in Amritsar protest the neoliberal agriculatural policies of the right-wing BJP central gobvernment on International Women's Day, Marchx 8, 2021.

      The World Not Only Needs Women Leaders--It Needs Feminist Leaders

      "Because gender equality not only serves to advance the cause of women—a fairer society benefits us all."

      Audrey Azoulay
      Katrin Jakobsdottir
      Mar 07, 2021

      International Women's Day pays tribute to the achievements of women worldwide and reminds us what still needs to be done for full gender equality. In 2021, we are taking stock of the many ways in which Covid-19 has disproportionately affected women and girls around the world.

      "Let us support these feminist leaders, from all walks of life. Let us take action so that women can affirm their leadership and be powerful role models for generations to come."

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      Getting Trumped by Covid-19

      A journal of the onset of the plague year.

      Ann Jones
      May 07, 2020

      Donald Trump is not a president. He can't even play one on TV. He's a corrupt and dangerous braggart with ill-concealed aspirations for a Crown and, with an election coming up, he's been monopolizing prime time every day, spouting self-congratulation and misinformation. (No, don't inject that Lysol!) His never-ending absurd performances play out as farce against the tragic background of the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping the nation. If we had a real president, which is to say, almost anybody else, things would be different. We would have seen the pandemic coming. It would not have attacked me in my old age. And most of the dead might still be alive.

      The records of other countries make this clear. South Korea, Taiwan, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, New Zealand, and Norway have all had commendable success in protecting their people. Could it be by chance that seven out of eight of the most successful nations in combating the Covid-19 pandemic are headed by women?

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      Icelanders Hold Funeral for Okjukull, Country's First Glacier to Die From the Climate Crisis

      Icelanders Hold Funeral for Okjukull, Country's First Glacier to Die From the Climate Crisis

      "This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done."

      Julia Conley
      Aug 19, 2019

      Gathering on a vast rocky landscape which until recent years was covered in a thick sheet of ice, Icelanders on Sunday took part in what was both a show of mourning and a call to action as they held a funeral for the country's first glacier to be lost to the climate crisis.

      About 100 people marched to the top of what used to be the Okjokull glacier, commonly called Ok, led by the country's president and a number of climate researchers who have warned that the loss of the glacier is a sign of things to come if world governments fail to stop the planet's temperature from warming.

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