And as far as we’ve come, in some ways it feels like the world has become worse. Industries from film to hospitality have been rocked by allegations of sexual abuse and harassment, largely carried out by men, and America’s president has used his platform to hurl threats and abuse at women.

But, and hear me out, those bad things aren’t totally bad when you look at the after-effects. The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have brought into the open the appalling behaviour that has been kept secret for so long. Of course, those campaigns don’t mean the end of sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace, but in speaking up women, and men, have signalled to the world that it’s no longer ok for abuses of power to be open secrets.

And the election of Donald Trump has led to a surge in women taking to the streets to protest, in the aforementioned Women’s March and its follow-ups, which women in different countries have tailored to their own needs. And, dissatisfied with how elected officials weren’t listening to them, more women in the US are running for and becoming elected officials en masse.

From climate change to democracy: how women became the driving force for change