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According to Suzannah Weiss, the slogan, "My body, my choice" is a feminist idea which can be applicable to women's reproductive rights and other women's rights issues. [12] It is also the opposite to treating women's bodies like property, and asserts the importance of a culture of consent. [12]
The National Women's Law Center noted that "TERFs often self-identify as 'gender critical' or as an 'adult human female.' They believe in 'sex-based rights', 'LGB rights', and 'protecting women and girls'; they call trans people 'trans rights activists', 'the trans lobby', 'the trans debate', and call trans women 'TIMs' (Trans Identified Males ...
The campaign sold T-shirts stating "women's rights are human rights" at her campaign store, in reference to her speech. [20] The campaign also sold a bag that featured the full phrase "Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights"; on the bag it was shown in six languages. [21]
Prior to that, the slogan was also used by women's rights movements in a number of international gatherings. [8] For example, on 25 November 2015 it was used in gatherings held to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in several European countries. [9]
The slogan “women, life, freedom” has correlation with the Kurdish women's movement, which has been fighting for women's rights and autonomy in the region for decades. The slogan expresses the idea that women's rights are essential for life and liberty, and that women should have the freedom to choose their own way of dressing, living, and ...
War on women – phrase used to describe certain Republican policies and legislation that restrict women's rights, especially reproductive rights including abortion; We are the 99% – slogan coined and widely used during the 2011 Occupy Wall Street; the slogan refers to income and wealth inequality in the United States
"Bread and Roses" is a political slogan as well as the name of an associated poem and song. It originated in a speech given by American women's suffrage activist Helen Todd; a line in that speech about "bread for all, and roses too" [1] inspired the title of the poem Bread and Roses by James Oppenheim. [2]
The 1997 Campaign was Demand Human Rights in the Home and the World, which was working towards the 1998 Global Campaign for Women's Human Rights. [12] The theme for the campaign in 1998 was Building a Culture of Respect for Human Rights. [13] The 1999 campaign theme was entitled Fulfilling the Promise of Freedom from Violence. [14]