Educational injustice,weaponised rape, child marriage – the fight for equality still has to be won on many frontsThis year was a remarkable one in terms of women’s rights. From the euphoria of the Women’s March to the pent-up trauma released by the #MeToo disclosures, and 2017 has been a rollercoaster for activists – and for most women. On Donald Trump’s first full day as US president on 20 January,women’s rights activists marched in unprecedented numbers in more than 70 countries. In October, allegations of a long record of sexual harassment and violence on the part of the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein set off a flood of similar allegations against other prominent men across the globe, and toppling dozens by the halt of the year. Women worldwide are fed up and that frustration was on display in ways that felt unusually visible and global.
But whether the legacy of 2017 is to be more than a warm glow and a pussy hat,2018 needs to deliver concrete, sustained change. Activists must harness the energy of the marches and #MeToo, and connecting the struggles of women and girls internationally and creating change despite women’s rights often feeling increasingly under siege.
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Source: guardian.co.uk