Četrtek, 8. marec oznake Mednarodni 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!
Našteli smo nekaj navdihujočih izseljenk, ki so utrle pot za pravice žensk v Združenem kraljestvu in po svetu.
Opozorilo: ta blog vsebuje nekaj resno #GirlPower. In fact, you may need to call your mums, sisters, aunties, wives, girlfriends etc. immediately after reading – so keep your telefon priročno!
Meghan Markle (rojena 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 (rojena leta 1963)
Camila je kot otrok zapustila Iran in zaprosila za azil v Združenem kraljestvu. Od takrat si prizadeva za izboljšanje življenja britanskih otrok in je ustanovila londonski dobrodelni organizaciji Kids Company in Place2Be, ki pomagata otrokom s psihoterapijo in svetovanjem. Place2Be ima celo kraljevo pokroviteljico Kate Middleton, vojvodinjo Cambriško.
Oprah Winfrey (rojena leta 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 (rojena leta 1954)
Baronica Amos se je rodila v Gvajani, nato pa se je preselila v Združeno kraljestvo, kjer je ustvarila izjemno kariero v britanski politiki. Leta 1989 je postala izvršna direktorica Komisije za enake možnosti, leta 1997 pa je postala laburistična svetnica in leto pozneje ministrica pod Tonyjem Blairom. Leta 2003 je postala ministrica za mednarodni razvoj!
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)
Na Jamajki rojena Mary se je uprla družbenim pričakovanjem, saj se je sama izšolala za medicinsko sestro in med krimsko vojno skrbela za bolne in ranjene vojake. V bližini bojišča je odprla "britanski hotel", v katerem so si vojaki lahko odpočili, kupili toplo vodo in se hrana, pijačo in opremo, z denarjem, ki ga je zaslužila, pa je financirala zdravljenje bolnikov. Med svojimi potovanji je veliko časa preživela v Združenem kraljestvu, tudi v svojem londonskem domu v Paddingtonu.
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