Chamba embroidery from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu, India, traditionally given as a marriage gift #WomensArt pic.x.com/gBD4jNncV8

"I wanted to show the history and strength of all kinds of black women. Working women, country women, urban women, great women in the history of the United States" - artist, prinmaker, sculptor, Elizabeth Catlett #WomensArt pic.x.com/IHRELCzZ3b

Quilts made by Siddi women, who are Indians of East African descent, are distinctive in terms of colour, hand stitching and use of repurposed clothing over a cotton sari foundation #WomensArt pic.x.com/J9HNupYNZT

Karen Newman's bust portrait in honor of the bravery of Noor Inayat Khan (2016), British-Indian WW2 agent who aided the French Resistance, and was later shot in Dachau #WomensArt pic.x.com/D8bX7jO9MX

South African artist Mary Sibande constructs elaborate visual narratives to raise issues of race, gender roles, and class in post-colonial South Africa #WomensArt pic.x.com/yM7bDYYzxl

'Sky for my moons' by Trinidad & Tobago artist Brianna McCarthy (from the 'Night Women' series) #womensart pic.x.com/jUJD5rlNP8

Singer Sinéad O'Connor was told by her record label to look more feminine, which she not only ignored but rebelled against. She later wrote an open letter to Miley Cyrus warning of the misogynistic manipulation of women by the music industry. #Womensart (Photo-H.Ritts) pic.x.com/yJ3MAD5BUS

Iranian artist Afruz Amighi,  Nameless, 2014. Steel, fiberglass mesh, Wenge wood, ultrasuede, invisible thread, chain, and light #WomensArt pic.x.com/ZozUPmQcDQ

Cécile Nobrega (1919 – 2013), Guyanese-born, UK poet, playwright, composer, activist who led a 15-year campaign to establish the 1st public statue of a Black woman to be on permanent display in England - 'Bronze Woman', Stockwell, London #WomensArt pic.x.com/x0duHurre5

UK-based, Yemini artist Asmahan A. Mosleh, known for her hugely intricate mandala artworks #WomensArt pic.x.com/YNNSkj7IaV

Nyunmiti Burton, Indigenous Australian artist from Tjala Arts, an Indigenous-owned and managed initiative on the APY Lands, South Australia. Established in 1997 #WomensArt pic.x.com/lbFyg0lnBK

When UK sculptor Barbara Hepworth was photographed she insisted to be shown working. This was to be taken seriously as an artist and avoid the common patronising presentation of women as hobby artists in expected domestic roles #WomensArt pic.x.com/7JNbd7GuR8