Women's Rights

A Voice for Children

Maria Montessori spoke out against child labour. The International Labour Organisation draws our attention to the fact that social protection is both a human rig...

AMI Staff | 12 June 2022
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International Women's Day

On March 8, International Women's Day, we can take inspiration from Maria Montessori, when she wrote in 1907: The time has come for action. We have talked eno...

AMI Staff | 7 March 2022
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Capital of Europe, Women of Europe

What if the Brussels metro map was reinvented to pay homage to some of the great women who helped shape Europe through the centuries and the European Union over...

AMI Staff | 2 July 2021
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1896 International Congress for Women’s Rights

Today is Equal Pay Day — marking that on the whole women’s pay continues to lag behind men’s pay. And here’s how that connects to Maria Montessori. In 1896, jus...

AMI Archivists | 11 November 2020
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