I know I might get a bit of slack for this post and competition. And I may ruffle a few feathers with this hashtag. Men & even some women will most likely come along and say "Oooh this is so sexist! Why don't men have a comp and hashtag exploring their side of the story. ### To them I say.. Go for it. There is nothing stopping you from emasculating a #tag for any purpose you wish.
This is a decentralized system isn't it? ## To take a quote from Snoop Dogg: Being a woman ain't easy!
Woman face challenges in our patriarichal society. Of course, we have taken great strides in the past century to provide equality to woman but still there are many places in the world that woman's rights are abused. - Did you know in the Vatican City woman are still not allowed to vote!? - Over 60% of woman in India suffer from some form of domestic violence? - Literacy rates for women in Yemen are lower than 35%? - Just 25% of woman in Nepal get any form of higher education? - Over 60% of woman in Peru have suffered some form of physical abuse? - Under 30% of Turkish woman are employed? - Afghan woman get thrown in jail for running from their husbands? - Even in America, women cannot travel alone without verbal street harasment. --- ## So what is #womenofsteemit all about? *...and did you mention rewards? I like those!*
The #womenofsteemit will start off as a #tag, documenting woman on Steemit's lives. A combination of a photography project as well as to create an exhaustive catalog of the females of Steem!
Once a week, most likely on a Monday, I will compile the best few stories and images and present to Steemit the #womenofsteemit weekly roundup as a nice showcase.
## Those featured will share the Steem dollar rewards the showcase post receives plus whatever amount of SD has been donated to the pot that week!
# The Current Week 1 Pot Total: 25 SD + # The Current Week 2 Pot Total: 50 STEEM + # The Current Week 3 Pot Total: 50 STEEM + # The Current Week 4 Pot Total: 12 STEEM +
*If you would like to donate to the pot please send to @melkay with the memo '#womenofsteemitpot'.*
And as a special bonus for week 1 all SD rewards from this post will also go in to the pot! **If donations get to 25 SD they will be rolled over into week 2's pot to keep this momentum going.**
Week 1 Pot Contributors: @melkay - 10 SD @uniwhisp - 5 SD @teamhumble - 2 SD @itchykitten - 8 STEEM!
**Due to @itchykitten's massive 100 Steem Donation into the pot Week 2 will have a 50 STEEM + Pot Cap with Roll over!**
Week 2 Pot Contributors: @itchykitten - 50 STEEM!
Week 3 Pot Contributors: @itchykitten - 42 STEEM! @lenadr - 8 STEEM!
Week 4 Pot Contributors: @lenadr - 12 STEEM!
# The rules are simple. 1. Repost this post to show your support! 2. Find a picture of yourself that captures a moment you remember. 3. Post a story about the picture on your own blog. (Perhaps your story is about your struggle, perhaps its about your victories, perhaps you do not feel being a women is a struggle at all and would like to just write something fun.. All up to you!) 4. Make sure to use the #tag **#womenofsteemit**. 5. Comment here with your link to your post.
It does not have to be the length of a novel or a masterpiece to be featured (Though it can be if you like!)... I will share with you mine for this week:
http://imgur.com/1heTx6z.jpg
*I had just taken a few days off from work, and my boyfriend surpised me by saying we going on a week trip down the coast. We pulled over at this spot because I needed a wee really bad and there was a place hidden with bushes. Oh so tuff being a woman! :P I was so happy to be able to bring my doggie with for the holiday. We ended up having an awesome week visiting family and seing some new parts of South Africa I had never experienced before!*
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*So if you still don't know me by now...*
**I am that spunky young chick from Cape Town that seems to have...**
a Steem Power addiction problem. . . https://steemit.com/steem/@melkay/tonight-i-exchanged-all-my-sh-t-coins-for-steem-power-and-i-will-explain-how-and-why
...Drinks tons of wine... https://steemit.com/travel/@melkay/cape-town-spotlight-bon-courage-wine-estate
...And am **busy building The Grilled Cheese,** a food truck to achieve my dreams and quit my day job... https://steemit.com/life/@melkay/i-just-bought-a-1972-vw-camper-van-and-am-turning-it-into-a-food-truck-the-grilled-cheese-part-one
...I also like to tease the whales, cos we have fun, don't we?... https://steemit.com/steemit/@melkay/a-steemit-guide-to-papa-pepper-and-how-to-achieve-the-mysterious-whale-aura
**So follow if you haven't. Upvote if you got em..** ;)
http://imgur.com/fTUrcrI.jpg

rachelkhona