After Trump took office and the world was reeling in shock, it was women* who organized a worldwide women’s march to come together in solidarity.

The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day seems to match the current sentiment around much of the globe.

Before the Tunisian Revolution, International Women’s Day centered around a major state-sponsored festival in which artists and government officials celebrated the progressive Code of Personal Status (CPS) promulgated in 1957 under President Habib Bourguiba.

Wathint’ abafazi,wathint’ imbokodo – When you strike a woman, you strike a rock – was the battle cry of women who marched to the Union Buildings in South Africa in 1956, and it has echoed through the ages and continues to ring true today.