Talk About It: Seven hashtags that highlight sexism
As the world prepares to mark International Women's Day on Sunday, we look at seven hashtags that highlight incidences of sexism.
EverydaySexism is one of the most popular hashtags on sexism.
The EverydaySexism project was launched in 2012 by Laura Bates to provide a place for women to share their experiences.
"Women in countries around the world are still waiting to achieve equality," she said.
"They are underrepresented at nearly every level of political and economic power, they are marginalised and repressed, they experience gender-based violence and their voices are silenced. Every day."
More than 80,000 people have shared their experiences.
#HeForShe
Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott is now a #HeForShe.
Along with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, Mr Abbott signed up to the #HeForShe pledge this week.
Actor Emma Watson launched the UN campaign last year, pushing for gender equality by focusing on getting men and boys to stand up.
In making the pledge, Mr Abbott said "gender equality is not only a women's issue, it is a human rights issue that requires my participation".
#QuestionsForMen
Australian columnist Clementine Ford launched this hashtag as part of a social experiment on Twitter.
"I'd written an article ... and I noticed in a lot of the comments that people were saying, 'Oh, she is just after attention, she is an attention seeker'," she said.
"I went to Twitter and I posed the question for men: Do you often get called an attention seeker for sharing views that other people think are controversial?"
Responses came quickly, resulting in the new hashtag #QuestionsForMen, which went global.
Women from across the world began to pose their own #QuestionsForMen about sexual harassment and other issues women confront on a daily basis.
#Beijing20
It is 20 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action which identified critical factors in achieving gender equality and advancing women's rights.
Beijing20 is being used to mark the anniversary and to highlight issues in the lead-up to next week's meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women at UN headquarters in New York, which will include representatives from around the world.
A draft declaration states "progress has been slow and uneven". It also recognises new challenges have emerged in the past two decades that have resulted in discrimination against women and girls.
#YesAllWomen
In reaction to the hashtag #NotAllMen, an anonymous female Twitter user created the #YesAllWomen hashtag last year to express that all women were affected by sexism and misogyny, even though not all men were sexist.
The hashtag quickly became used by women throughout social media to share their experiences of sexism and harassment.
Within four days #YesAllWomen had been tweeted 1.2 million times.
#IamJada
A teenage rape victim in the United States who was denigrated on social media responded by revealing her identity and launching the hashtag #IamJada.
Initially her supporters used the hashtag to post messages of solidarity, but now people and organisations around the world use it to call for an end to rape culture.
#Hokkolorob
The Hokkolorob movement was the name given to a series of protests by students at Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India in September.
It started with calls for an investigation into the sexual harassment of a student and gained momentum when the university asked police to end the protest.
Many students were arrested or beaten, resulting in more rallies and a hunger strike. Demonstrations in support of the Kolkata protests were held in Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. The vice chancellor of the university resigned in January.
