by Liv Tørres

“As I write, women are marching on their capitals and other centers of power in many countries around the world. The past year alone has seen women mobilizing like never before. Earlier this year, in Hong Kong, women have upended gender roles in their fight for democracy. In Mexico, tens of thousands of women stayed at home to protest femicide. Women are leading protests in Belarus. They did the same in Sudan. In Saudi Arabia, they are fighting for human rights and equality. In India, they took a prominent role in nationwide protests against new citizenship laws. The #MeToo movement has gathered women from all over the world and a wide variety of feminist activist groups have emerged over the past decade — from Pussy Riot to Iran’s One Million Signatures Campaign. Now, women are mobilizing around the world to fight the pandemic. More than anything, women are agents of change. Fearless agents of change.”

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