支持男女平等和女性進步的人可能會覺得，2016年是個大倒退。這一年，美國并沒有選出首位女總統，勝出的那位大選前就有炫耀猥褻女性經歷的錄音曝光；巴西首位女總統迪爾瑪·羅塞夫被彈劾下野，韓國首位女總統樸槿惠現在看來也前途不妙；面對七位女性人選，聯合國還是沒選出首位女秘書長。（不過聯合國短暫任命了衣著暴露體態豐盈的漫畫人物“神奇女俠”為倡導女權的大使。）

同在今年，因為2008年任法國財長期間的一筆政府巨額賠償，國際貨幣基金組織（IMF）的首位女領導人克里斯蒂娜·拉加德被判瀆職，不過保住了職位。再看企業界，創新血液檢測公司的創始人兼首席執行官伊麗莎白·霍爾姆斯、雅虎的首席執行官瑪麗莎·梅耶爾等才貌雙全的商界明星流星一般驟然隕落。看來有一線希望改善女性地位的機會也蒙上了仇視女性的色彩，比如黎巴嫩政府設立女性事務部長一職，首位部長卻是男性。

博人眼球的頭條新聞背后，女性還在努力為男女平等而戰，挑戰社會成見，勇敢面對日常生活。想在男性主宰的世界里成功，勇氣仍是必不可少的。

在三八國際婦女節之際，讓我們回顧一下在2016年值得女性慶祝的瞬間。

1、冰島議員溫努爾·康拉德斯多特蒂爾一邊哺乳一邊參與議案討論，現場沒人介意。

This year has felt like a giant step backward for supporters of gender equality and women's advancement. Instead of its first female commander-in-chief, the United States got a president-elect who won the White House even after being caught on tape bragging about groping women. Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's first female president, was ousted from power, and South Korea's first female president, Park Geun-hye, now seems poised to meet that same fate. The United Nations failed to vote in its first-ever female security general, despite having seven qualified women candidates. (It did, however, manage to briefly appoint the buxom and scantily-clad character of Wonder Woman as honorary ambassador for women's empowerment to the horror of UN staff).

Meanwhile, the IMF's first female chief, Christine Lagarde, was convicted of negligence in a trial over a government payout in 2008—though she will keep her job. And some bright, still rising business sta rs, including Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes and Yahoo's Marissa Mayer, plummeted like fireballs back to earth. Even what seemed like glimmers of hope—Lebanon created a ministry of women's affairs, for instance—were tainted with misogyny: The nation's first-ever minister of women's affairs is a man.

But behind these attention-grabbing headlines women were at work, fighting for equality, defying cultural stigmas, and delivering everyday acts of courage that are often still necessarily to succeed in what remains a man's world.

So as this year mercifully comes to a close, let's honor the moments when 2016 gave women something to celebrate.

1. When Icelandic MP Unnur Bra Konradsdottir breastfed while responding to a bill in Parliament and no one cared.

2、瑞典社會活動家瑪麗亞-特蕾莎·阿斯普朗德今年兩次抗議新納粹主義者街頭游行。

2. When Swedish activist Maria-Teresa Asplund stared down neo-Nazis during street marches—twice.

今年11月，新納粹團體“北歐反抗運動”在斯德哥爾摩市中心組織游行。在抵制此次游行過程中，阿斯普朗德與警察對峙。

3、在清一色女性安保團隊保護下，現任英國王妃、 康沃爾公爵夫人卡米拉·帕克·鮑爾斯平安訪問阿聯酋。

Asplund encounters police as part of a counter-protest against the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement in central Stockholm in November. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND—AFP/Getty Images

3.When the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker Bowles, stepped out in the United Arab Emirates with this all-woman security team.

訪問阿聯酋期間，卡米拉王妃和女性護衛隊同行。從左至右護衛人員分別是：莎意瑪·阿爾卡比、巴斯瑪·阿爾卡比、漢娜·阿爾哈塔威、妮絲琳·阿爾哈塔威和勒梅蒂。今年稍早，莎意瑪、妮絲琳與漢娜還完成了攀登珠峰的壯舉。

4、伊朗今年9月禁止女國民騎自行車，因為最高領袖哈梅內伊稱騎車有損貞潔。但還是有伊朗女性還是選擇騎行代步。

Her Royal Highness with her all-female protection team during #RoyalVisitUAE From left to right: Shaima al Kaabi, Basima al Kaabi, Hannan al Hatawi, Nisreen al Hamawi and Salama al Remeithi. Earlier this year Shaima, Nisreen and Hannan also achieved the remarkable feat of conquering Mount Everest. ?Clarence House

4. When women in Iran were banned from bicycling because the Supreme Leader of Iran said it threatened a woman's chastity, but they bicycled anyway.

我來自伊朗宗教氛圍最濃厚的城市馬什哈德。（雖然這里宗教色彩很強），但本地市民比官員的心態更開放。本地女性騎行本來就少見，在最高領袖發布宗教裁決令（禁止女性騎自行車）之后，騎行的阻力就更大了。不過，我們必須鼓起勇氣，努力讓城市和我們自己掙脫束縛，克服限制的條條框框。

5、美國羅德島州一位男士致信當地媒體，稱應該制止女人穿瑜伽健身褲。此后上百名女性身穿這種長褲在該男子家門前游行。

I am from Mashhad, one of the most religious cities in Iran. Here, [although the city is very religious], people are more open-minded than the officials. This being said, it still is not easy to ride a bicycle specially after the Supreme Leader's Fatwa [banning women from doing so]. However, we have to be brave and free our city and ourselves from all these restrictive laws and do away with these limitations. #??_????_??????_?? #IranianWomenLoveCycling #mystealthyfreedom

5. When hundreds of women in yoga pants paraded past the home of a man who wrote a letter saying women should stop wearing them.

“女同胞們受夠了對著裝指手劃腳。”游行活動組織者杰米·伯克。

6、史上規模最大的全女性成員探險團前往南極洲研究氣候變化，推動女性科研事業發展。

"Women are fed up with the policing of our wardrobe," said organizer Jamie Burke. Kris Craig—AP

6. When the largest-ever all-female expedition sailed to Antarctica to study climate change and promote women in science.

這次探險是Homeward Bound組織的一個項目，該機構目標是擴大女性在科研領域的影響，進而影響政策和決策制定。

7、熱朗·謝拉美成為伊朗首位女子鐵人三項選手。她戴著伊斯蘭教規定女穆斯林穿戴的頭巾完成了比賽。

It was a project of Homeward Bound, an organization aimed at heightening the impact of women in science to influence policy and decision making. Courtesy of Homeward Bound

7. When Shirin Gerami became the first female athlete to represent Iran in the Ironman triathlon, and she did so while wearing a hijab.

今年10月，在夏威夷凱路亞-可納鎮舉行的2016年IRONMAN鐵人三項世錦賽上，謝拉美這副裝束完成了三項全能比賽。

8、阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯、英國諾丁漢等地將街頭調戲女性定為犯罪行為。

She finished the 2016 IRONMAN World Championship triathlon in October in Kailua Kona, Hawaii. Sean M. Haffey—Getty Images for Ironman

8. When places like Buenos Aires, Argentina and Nottinghamshire, U.K., made catcalling a crime.

在阿根廷首都布宜諾斯艾利斯，任何形式的公開場合性騷擾都可能被處60美元罰款。

9、美國一家女同性戀摩托車愛好者組織向有需求的嬰兒配送母乳。

Forms of sexual harassment in public in the Argentine capital could earn perpetrators a $60 fine. Eitan Abramovich—AFP/Getty Images

9. When the women of this lesbian motorcycle gang started delivering breast milk to babies in need.

10、瑞典最大工會Unionen開設一條熱線。如果碰上直男癌式的說教，女員工可以撥打該熱線電話投訴。

10. When Unionen, Sweden's largest union, introduced a hotline to which women could report incidents of 'mansplaining.'

“工會希望提高女性對直男癌式說教和壓制伎倆的認識。”Unionen的官方網站介紹。

11、谷歌母公司Alphabet的年會上，在一名男性與會者稱該公司首席財務官露絲·波拉特為“首席財務官女士”后，一位同樣參會的女投資人大聲抗議。

"The Union wants to raise awareness of mansplaining and suppression techniques," according to Unionen's website. Courtesy of Unionen

11. When a woman at Alphabet's annual meeting called out a male attendee for referring to the company's chief financial officer Ruth Porat as "the lady CFO."

“剛剛聽到的（稱呼）讓我震驚。” 代表美國投資管理機構Sonen Capital出席Alphabet年會的女經理丹妮爾·吉納克如是說。

12、初創公司終于意識到，哺乳期女性應該使用更好的吸奶器。

"I was floored by what I had just heard," said Danielle Ginach of Sonen Capital. Joe Scarnici

12. When startups finally realized women deserve a better breast pump.