Marie Laeng-Stucki (1905–74) 1 of most powerful female #Swiss entrepreneurs. With husband Fritz, "Mama Laeng" founded Lenco vinyl turntables in 1946. 1,300 staff had a pension scheme, sports teams, a library, cashless salary payments, flexible work hours & accident prevention - all before Swiss women got vote in 1971
New #Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Laeng-Stucki
@wikipedia @wikimediauk #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM24 #IWD #IWD24 #WHM @histodons @CarveHerName #WikiWomenInRed
Blanca Catalán de Ocón y Gayolá (1860-1904). 1st #Spanish woman botanist. Collected herbarium in #Albarracín #Aragon, (2 still survive), showcased some species unrecorded by science until then. Learning encouraged by her mother Loreto de Gayolá, & sister Clothilde became an #entomologist
New #Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanca_Catal%C3%A1n_de_Oc%C3%B3n
@wikipedia@wikis.world@wikimediauk@wikis.world #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM24 #IWD #IWD24 #WHM @histodons @CarveHerName @wikipedia #WikiWomenInRed
Ángela Alessio Robles Mexican civil engineer town planner. From late 1940 into 1950s was Director General of Planning for Mexico City, then became President of Planning & Director of Plan for Urban Development. In 1980s oversaw development of huge #Monterrey Macroplaza. New #Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngela_Alessio_Robles
@wikimediauk #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM24 #IWD #IWD24 #WHM @histodons @CarveHerName @wikipedia pg #WikiWomenInRed
Evelyna Bloem Souto (1926-2017), In 1957 she was the only woman in 1st class of civil engineering course at University of São Paulo #Brazil. As a student, she had to draw a moustache and beard on her face to be allowed on a French work site to inspect tunnel building. Overcame prejudice to build long academic career. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyna_Bloem_Souto New #Wikipedia page #WikiWomenInRed #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM24 #IWD #IWD24 #WHM @histodons @CarveHerName
I used to say this on Twitter every year, now I guess I’ve got to say it here: International Women’s Day is not a celebration, it’s a call to action. Let’s overthrow the patriarchy already. #IWD24
@lps @RustyBertrand Some more for the collection #IWD24
Happy International Women's Day.
Thank you all the disabled women & carers for making a difference from us all, from My Way Access.
My article about Nanny Morgan has reached 10,000 views, and I couldn't be prouder. This remarkable woman's life deserves to be shared in all of its colour. I hope I have done her justice.
#Shropshire #Folklore #Victorians #Witchcraft #Murder #IWD2024 #Witches #folktales #truecrime #History #women #iwd24 #iwd
https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/08/nanny-morgan-and-shropshire-witch.html?m=1
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! At both our #Garching and #Munich campuses, our female staff gave tours of their workplaces, including the virtual sound spaces in the Anechoic Chamber (3rd pic) and Media Production (4th pic). Here are some impressions!
E.Albers/A.Quindeau
A great choice of #scientific #publication to #overview on this #InternationalWomensDay, as the first #author (Marion Peral) is a #woman! #IWD #IWD24 #IWD2024 #WomenInSTEM
As an organization, we are in the driver's seat of inspiring inclusion, empowering women and other folks to bridge the gender gap, and providing a platform where everyone, regardless of their background or the bias they face, can thrive in their career.
Outreachy is working towards a diverse, equitable, and inclusive world through our initiatives.
Today, we urge everyone to take on the role and inspire everyone around them.
Happy #InternationalWomensDay!
One of the things that makes me cranky today is that I heard from a friend that a technical team in her organisation that employed most of the female technical staff in the division got disbanded and all employees retrenched in a restructure. Months later they rehired the positions. Net result: number of women employed in technical positions was reduced. A female manager in another technical team in the same organisation feels unheard and marginalised.
A different organisation has lost every female technical employee in the last 6 months because of their toxic culture.
Both organisations are in #Melbourne.
Today is International Women's Day and this kind of behaviour where women are pushed out of technical work by toxic workplace culture and practices is still common.
#IWD2024: Almost 50% of women leaders in Civil Society Organisations in Europe exhibit signs of pre-burnout! 
These challenges are systemic, not personal. New report 
https://eu.boell.org/en/women-cso-leaders-for-systemic-change @boell #IWD24
#IWD2024: From #ClimateAction to feminist justice 
Gina Cortés Valderrama & Katy Wiese argue that #feminist perspectives are essential in addressing economic rights, energy transition and climate-related damages & losses https://eu.boell.org/en/2024/03/07/climate-action-feminist-justice @miriammonamu #IWD24
And 135 years on, we're also celebrating the women standing up for nature today:
https://rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/international-womens-day #IWD24
"Solange" heißt ein Kunstprojekt aus der Europäischen #Kulturhauptstadt Bad Ischl. Das Projekt thematisiert das unhinterfragte Beibehalten von Traditionen - zu Lasten von Frauen und anderen marginalisierten Gruppen.
Spannende Porträts von ganz unterschiedlichen Künstler*innen und Kulturschaffenden aus Bad Ischl gibt's in der Doku "Ischl persönlich" - in der 3sat-#Mediathek. https://www.3sat.de/dokumentation/reise/ischl-persoenlich-108.html?at_medium=Social%20Media&at_campaign=Mastodon&at_specific=3sat
"Don't hold an International Women's Day breakfast and ask women to get up early and come to something, outside of work hours … that really doesn't do anything meaningful,"
That sums up how I have always felt about International Women's Day. I just feel cranky on the same day (and month) each year. Today I took some time to come up with a plan about how to try to address an issue affecting me.
It is NOT a happy day.
The only thing I recommend doing for #iwd2024 is taking some time to think about what you can do to promote gender equality (at work, in your personal life, in whatever organization you're a member of) all year long and commit to implementing it. And no, spending 10 minutes highlighting the women you suddenly remembered work with you is not going to cut it.
Happy International Women's Day this March 8th!
