International Women's Day Special: what you want to see, listen to and know

Celebrate today the life of every woman you know, don't know, admire, and for whom you are grateful. Why do we need this day? Because the Netherlands is still in 38th place when it comes to equality between men and women. And if we are already in this position, how is the rest of the world doing? Everyone has the right to equal opportunities. This is what you want to see, read, and know today.

Zien

1. The livestream from Scheltema with Milou Deelen and Daan Borrel
Milou and Daan wrote the book Krabben, from woman to woman. About how women bring each other down to come out better themselves, this is also known as the crab bucket effect. This afternoon at 4:00 PM they will be live on Scheltema's channel, where they will talk with Sylvana Simons, Tatjana Almuli, and Stella Bergsma about this phenomenon. Don't forget to log in on time via Facebook or YouTube.

2. Anne+ on Netflix
A series about women, made by women. It was about time. Actress Hanna van Vliet plays the lead role, Maud Wiemeijer is the screenwriter, and Valerie Bisscheroux is the director. Anne+ is a light-hearted drama series about the life of the lesbian Anne. She is in her twenties, lives in Amsterdam, and in the series we get to know her old and new loves, as well as her family and friends. A film about Anne is also in the works, Netflix reports.

Read

1. Top businesswoman shares tips: ‘Dare to fall, then you learn to get up’
Teresa Pham is a director at Michael Page and she shares her story on Amayzine. About falling, getting up, and her great role model.

2. ELLE wrote an incredibly good article about feminism. ‘Why you should never say that feminism is a dirty word’ is the title. A must-read.

Know

1. But 31 percent of the House of Representatives is female. In the last census, there were 8.7 million women and 8.5 million men in the Netherlands.

2. The online hate directed at female members of the House of Representatives is many times greater and coarser than in the case of men, research shows.

3. Almost every woman has experienced street harassment at some point in her life, the latest issue of LINDA.meiden points out.

4. The average gross hourly wage of women was still 14 percent lower than that of men in 2020. And the higher the position, the larger the wage gap.

5. 84 percent of women who play sports feel insecure while exercising, research by Adidas shows. This is often due to staring looks in the gym.