"#Gaza is more than two million stories of loss. More than 10,000 women lost their lives. More than 6,000 families lost their mothers. One million women and girls have lost their dignity, their homes, their families, their memories." - Maryse Guimond, UN Women

#OnThisDay in 1903, Marie Skłodowska Curie defended her doctoral thesis on radioactive substances at Université de la Sorbonne in Paris – becoming the first woman in France to receive a doctoral degree in physics.

I go hours before I’m able to write a word. I make tea. I mean, I used to make tea all day long JOHN McPHEE #writing #tea #writerslife #film

Community #mentalhealth at its best! To the compassionate lady who stopped to offer comfort, the young person who offered their food & drink & the kind policeman with emergency support…the distressed elderly stranger you helped on the street thanks you☀️ #LocalLove ❤️ #YGK

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder. E.B. WHITE #writing #Art #LeonardoDiAetherhart

🚨 [AI REGULATION] A new AI law was introduced in the US to combat deepfakes, increase AI transparency, and empower creators. Here's what you need to know: ➡ The Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act (COPIED ACT) was introduced last week by

So many people live with unseen distress, suffering or hidden health conditions❤️‍🩹 The mask of expectation, stoicism, lack of awareness or fear concealing reality 🎭 - #stigma & society can reinforce this. Acts of kindness can go a very long way towards support & healing🕊️

I first wrote this on the back of a student's paper, and two weeks later he turned in a paper about an issue he really cared about. It earned an A.

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most #Buddha #writing #acting #screenwriting #music #books #film Art Leonardo Di Aetherhart

Please join us as we welcome Shelley D. McIntyre to Queen's Law as our first speaker in this year's Feminist Legal Studies Queen's speaker series on Monday! Hybrid event, please register. Colleen M. Flood Queen's University Looking forward to it! Please share, uOttawa Greenberg Osgoode Institute for Feminist Legal Studies.

TODAY! Please join us at 1:00-2:20 pm EST for FLSQ: Queen's FemLaw Queen's University speaker Rosel Kim 김지현 LEAF (Women's Legal Education and Action Fund) for this important discussion. Online, registration required. Colleen M. Flood Queen's Law @FeministLawPrfs Osgoode Institute for Feminist Legal Studies UBC Centre for Feminist Legal Studies (CFLS) uOttawa Greenberg

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Reviewing a PhD student's dissertation and this is always a statistic that is worth highlighting: "Prior to the confederation of Canada in 1867, over 80% of Indigenous communities were matriarchal."

#QueensULaw fosters innovative research through groups like FLSQ: Queen's FemLaw, which invites paper/panel proposals for its March 28-29 conference, “Promises, Praxes, Paradigms: 30 Years After the Beijing Declaration.” Submit by Feb. 10. Details: bit.ly/40sCJuN Bita Amani #IWD

Women rights are human rights. It should be obvious - yet it's not. Today we are proud co-organisers w UN Women Geneva & United Nations Geneva to celebrate #IWD2025 & #Beijing30. Inspiring panel including young voices, demanding the intl community to step up its efforts for #genderequality.

Ahead of #InternationalWomensDay & #CSW69,🇨🇭 reaffirms the enduring significance of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted 30 years ago. Its vision remains crucial and we must accelerate progress through renewed focus and sustained action. #Beijing30 #IWD2025

This International Women’s Day, I’m celebrating leaders like Fatou Baldeh in our @GirlsAlliance Network. Read more about her work to end female genital mutilation in Gambia: time.com/7216397/female…

Celebrating International Women's Day; for all that we are, recognizing all the work, resistance, persistence, in/visible work, social change, care, community, and so much more that women do and contribute to daily. Join us FLSQ: Queen's FemLaw IWD 2025 Conference: femlaw.queensu.ca/conferences/fl…

I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. The president just illegally fired me. This is corruption plain and simple. My full statement:

This poem is brutal. 🖤