agrondipity:Dear Diary: powerful stories from trailblazing women at Women Deliver 2016Last week the
agrondipity:Dear Diary: powerful stories from trailblazing women at Women Deliver 2016Last week the Global Citizen team took part in Women Deliver 2016, a conference gathering over 5,000 women and men passionate about building a world where every woman can achieve her potential - regardless of the circumstances she is born into. Our aim was simple: to capture what it means to be a woman today. Inviting women to share their stories of overcoming discrimination in the form of a diary entry, the array of stories that filled our ‘Dear Diary’ booth became a kaleidoscope of experiences that though unique, unite women around the world. Spanning geographies and generations, the collection of personal experiences that emerged explored themes from life in the workplace to female sexuality.To mark the occasion, a line up of powerful women took to the stage of the Women Deliver Youth Zone on Tuesday 17th May to share their own ‘Dear Diary’ entries. All pioneers in their individual fields, the event featured stories from actress Dianna Agron, Australia’s first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Afghanistan’s first female football player, Khalida Popal. Actress Dianna Agron spoke of the struggle to stand up for herself when confronted with sexual harassment. “I am a woman who wants help and wants to help,“ she said, before calling on world leaders to enable girls to raise their voice by making education a priority. -- source link
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