Commentary: Women are behind the most successful uprisings of 2019. Here's why

We will remember 2019 as a year of uprisings. In over a dozen countries on five continents, people have risen up to confront economic inequality and even the most repressive governments. These mobilizations are answering the question of how to tackle ascendant right-wing authoritarianism - and women have been at the heart of it all.

In part, that's because women know well the consequences of living under these draconian governments. Far-right politicians and groups have repeatedly sought to win political support by promising