Torsdag den 8. marts markerer International Women’s Day – the day that celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women around the world!
And for those of us celebrating in the UK, this year’s International Women’s Day is particularly special as 2018 marked 100 years since some women in the UK were granted suffrage – that’s the right to vote!
Vi har listet nogle inspirerende kvindelige expats, som har banet vejen for kvinders rettigheder i Storbritannien og resten af verden.
Advarsel: denne blog indeholder nogle alvorlig #GirlPower. In fact, you may need to call your mums, sisters, aunties, wives, girlfriends etc. immediately after reading – so keep your telefon praktisk!
Meghan Markle (født 1981)
American actress Meghan – who now calls Kensington Palace home – is quickly becoming one of the most famous women in the UK (and the world!), but what you may not know that she’s long been involved with humanitarian work. She’s campaigned fiercely for women’s rights as part of her Women’s Advocate role for the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. She’s been Global Ambassador for World Vision, supporting the charity’s Clean Water Campaign and raising awareness of women’s menstrual health in India, where sanitary products aren’t so readily available. We are looking forward to seeing her wedding with Prince Harry!
Camila Batmanghelidjh (født 1963)
Camila forlod Iran for at søge asyl i Storbritannien som barn. Siden da har hun arbejdet for at forbedre britiske børns liv ved at oprette velgørenhedsorganisationerne Kids Company og Place2Be i London, som støtter børn med psykoterapi og rådgivning. Place2Be har endda en kongelig protektor i Kate Middleton, hertuginden af Cambridge.
Oprah Winfrey (født 1954)
From her humble beginnings as the daughter to a poor single mother in Mississippi, she has turned her life around to become a successful and generous philanthropist, as well as becoming what she is most known for… a bubbly and charismatic talk show host! She has both popularised and revolutionised the talk show genre. Now…how do we get on her show?
Valerie Amos (født 1954)
Baroness Amos blev født i Guyana, før hun flyttede til Storbritannien, hvor hun har skabt sig en utrolig karriere i britisk politik. Hun blev administrerende direktør for Equal Opportunities Commission i 1989, før hun blev udnævnt til Labour Life Peer i 1997 og minister under Tony Blair et år senere. I 2003 blev hun minister for international udvikling!
Dame Zaha Hadid (1950 – 2016)
The award-winning architect was born in Baghdad, Iraq, and moved to London to study and became a British citizen. Zaha worked on some of the UK’s most famous buildings (such as the London Aquatics Centre built for the 2012 Olympics) and was the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize. She received the UK’s most prestigious architectural award, the Stirling Prize, in 2010 and 2011.
Mary Seacole (1805 – 1881)
Den jamaicanskfødte Mary trodsede de sociale forventninger ved at uddanne sig til sygeplejerske og tage sig af syge og sårede soldater under Krimkrigen. Hun åbnede et "British Hotel" i nærheden af slagmarken, hvor soldaterne kunne hvile sig, købe varme madHun brugte de penge, hun tjente, til at finansiere behandlingen af de syge. Hun tilbragte meget tid i Storbritannien mellem sine rejser, blandt andet i sit hjem i Paddington i London.
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