Global Women's Movements
What color is often worn or used to symbolize International Women’s Day and gender equality?
What is purple?
In many Native American communities, women played a key role in farming and passing down familial knowledge, a system of power known as?
What is matriarchy?
Title IX, passed in the U.S. in 1972, made it illegal to discriminate based on gender in what area?
What is education?
The term “intersectionality” was coined by which Black feminist scholar to describe overlapping identities and discrimination?
Who is Kimberlé Crenshaw?
What is the name of the center at Emory that supports gender equity and leadership?
What is the Center for Women at Emory?
In 1956, 20,000+ women in South Africa marched to protest laws that restricted where they could live and work. What system of government were they protesting?
What is apartheid?
Frida Kahlo, known for her powerful self-portraits, was born in which country?
In 2017, which country lifted its ban on women driving cars?
What is Saudi Arabia?
What is the term for individuals in Hawaiian culture who embody both masculine and feminine traits and are respected cultural keepers?
What is Māhū?
The Center for Women hosts events every March celebrating what national observance?
What is Women’s History Month?
What is the name of the yearly women-led strike in Spain, where women stop working for a day to highlight their role in society and protest inequality?
What is International Women’s Strike (Huelga Feminista)?
What term is used for the all-women military group from the Kingdom of Dahomey, recently featured in the movie "The Woman King"?
Who are the Dahomey Amazons (or Agojie)?
Which U.S. Supreme Court case decided in 1973 guaranteed women the constitutional right to abortion (later overturned in 2022)?
What is Roe v. Wade?
Which Pakistani activist survived an attack and became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner for fighting for girls’ education?
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
Emory houses one of the largest archives dedicated to feminist activism in the South. What is this archive called?
What is the Georgia Feminist Women’s Movement Archives?
n 2012, the grassroots campaign "Bring Back Our Girls" brought attention to kidnapped schoolgirls in which African country?
What is Nigeria?
Women known as Haenyeo dive deep into the sea without equipment to collect seafood on Jeju Island. In which country is Jeju Island located?
What is South Korea?
Green scarves became the symbol for the feminist movement pushing for abortion rights in which South American country, legalized in 2020?
What is Argentina?
What term is used to describe feminism that specifically centers the experiences of Indigenous women and their connection to land, culture, and sovereignty?
What is Indigenous feminism?
In 2019, Emory launched a campus initiative focusing on commemorating and documenting the history of enslaved people who built and worked on Emory’s original campuses. What is the name of this project?
What is the “Twin Memorials Project” (or “Untold Stories” project)?
This African-American mathematician broke barriers at NASA and was portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures.”
Who is Katherine Johnson?
In Ghana, a group of elderly women accused of witchcraft historically found refuge in protected villages run by female leaders. What is the name for these safe communities?
What are witch camps?
CEDAW is a key United Nations treaty to protect women’s rights worldwide. What does it stand for?
What is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women?
The term “Afrofuturism” refers to artistic and cultural movements imagining Black futures. Name one prominent Black woman writer, author of Kindred, Dawn, Parable of the Sower..., whose science fiction work explores themes of race, gender, and power.
Who is Octavia Butler?
What Atlanta-based historically Black women’s college, located near Emory, has played a key role in educating generations of Black women leaders and activists?
What is Spelman College?