Reported rapes in England and Wales have doubled in 4 years, reproductive rights are under threat in the US and Muslim women have reported a wave of Islamophobic hate crimes in the wake of Trump’s victory.

Further afield than the UK and US, Yazidi women have been slaughtered and raped by ISIS, Qandeel Baloch was strangled by her own brother in a so-called ‘honour’ killing, and Saudi police have arrested a young woman who tweeted a picture of herself outdoors without her abaya and head scarf.

It is natural to feel sickened and overwhelmed. It would be easy to give up.

But even in the face of all this and more, women around the world are fighting back. Standing alongside one another, facing down terrifying odds, continuing to fight simply because there is no other option. And even during 2016 and its onslaught of horror, there have been victories to celebrate and cherish.

“Even through this onslaught of horror, we must celebrate the feminist victories”: Laura Bates takes heart from 2016