What We Missed: Intl Women’s Day Edition

President Obama spoke at a White House reception for International Women’s Day this afternoon. You can see a live stream of the video here.
Guttmacher has a report on the benefits of investing in family planning.
RH Reality Check and UN Dispatch have reading lists for International Women’s Day. She Writes is collecting one from it’s users.
The Nation has a video and some history about International Women’s Day.
The China Beat has a round-up of articles about International Women’s Day activities in Asia.
The Feminist Peace Network has a problem with the relationship between Reuters and Internationalwomensday.com.
In other news:
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Women’s Media Center is highlighting 30 Women Making History.
The unemployment rate for women who maintain families has decreased slightly.
Melissa Harris-Lacewell remembers the Selma Voting Rights Massacre also known as “Bloody Sunday.”
Latoya Peterson chimes in on the debate about the racist anti-choice campaign in Georgia at The Guardian.

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