What’s the scariest thing you can think of this Halloween? How about: gender inequality. The Halloween tradition of donning costumes was originally meant to ward off roaming ghosts, so here are a few tweets from the PSI network this week to help think about the importance of everyone, including men, playing a part in warding off the ghoulish specter of gender inequality. Happy Halloween!
Photo: These mysterious green men were the brainchild of PSI/Swaziland, deployed as a guerilla marketing stunt. Find out why and see more costume ideas in case you need some last minute suggestions.
What can we do NOW to help address demo-pressure? Meet women’s need for contraception! Global overpopulation rpt: http://t.co/qCWtBmQEfT
— Karl Hofmann (@KarlHofmannPSI) October 29, 2014
25 most shocking global poverty facts http://t.co/MVGBmzOAkY — Karen Sommer Shalett (@ksommershalett) October 28, 2014
Scariest thing I can think of for Halloween? How about these restrictive policies for women! @popact‘s #HillHorrors http://t.co/XQTbgPErbf — Regina T. Moore (@regaroni) October 28, 2014
Once every five minutes an incident of domestic violence is reported in #India. http://t.co/5HRQ0vGBlO @KateRobertsPSI @Indranis_Light #GBV — Jen Haile (@jenfhaile) October 29, 2014
Lately #feminism has been all about … men. Here are seven dudes who prove that gender equality really is … http://t.co/rWXq2GZSKV — Kate Roberts (@KateRobertsPSI) October 23, 2014