We're 300 years away from gender equality, according to UN. Just 31 countries have a woman serving as a leader.
To women and girls fighting for their freedom and against violence in Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, elsewhere:
We see you and we stand with you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/08/international-womens-day-iran-afghanistan-abortion/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/kajakallas/status/1633471327649529858
And we must move from words to action.
A strong example of this: the EU just decided historic sanctions over violence against women.
#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2023
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/03/07/violence-against-women-and-girls-eu-sanctions-nine-individuals-and-three-entities-under-its-global-human-rights-sanctions-regime/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/kajakallas/status/1633471329700655105