AJ+ celebrates badass women across the world
In honor of International Women’s Day, here’s a look at some of our coverage highlighting strong, incredible women around the globe.
Women bikers in Mumbai
“In the last two years I’ve been seeing that the respect women riders are getting is growing every day. It is helping the empowerment of women.”
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Muslim women surfers in Morocco
“After a woman gets married, her husband doesn’t like her going to the beach. He doesn’t let her surf as she might show her body. I don’t really like the idea because Islam isn’t like that. Being a Muslim comes from the heart. I like surfing because it makes me happy.”
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Rapping for women’s justice in Mexico
“We have to remind people that there are criminal cases and many things here have not been resolved. That is why we keep organizing and creating alternative ways to show that another world is possible.”
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Artist, painter and paralyzed
“I’m not trying to diss America, I’m just saying ‘this is really the state of the country we live in.’”
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Female Kushti wrestlers battle
“We can protect ourselves, we are not scared anymore.”
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Meet more badass women on our AJ+ YouTube playlist.
