On the occasion of International Women's Day, we've collated inspiring quotes from five women who defied gender stereotypes to excel in male-dominated fields.

1. Mary Kom

Mary Kom from India was the first female boxer to win a medal in six boxing championships. To get there, she overcame many obstacles, and is inspiring others to take up the sport.

"Boxing is much like life, it's a continuous fight," she says. "There will be obstacles, but you have to overcome them."  

A mother of three, Kom also said: "Motherhood only adds to your strength and inner peace ... a mother of three can conquer the world."

2. Miriam Makeba

The first black African woman to receive a Grammy Award was also a vocal civil rights activist. The apartheid state in South Africa had revoked Miriam Makeba's citizenship and banned her music.

She was allowed to return to South Africa after Nelson Mandela became president. 

In her biography she said: "I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people without even realising [it]."

3. Angelique Kidjo

From Benin in Africa, singer and activist Angelique Kidjo spoke out against harmful traditions, such as those that prevent girls from going to school.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, she explained how her father "stood against tradition that could have harmed us in any way, physically or our brain. Because he always said the tradition that our ancestors set has to move according to the time that we live in."  

4. Bessie Coleman

In 1921, 21-year-old Bessie Coleman became the first African American female licensed pilot.  

Coleman was rejected from American aviation schools because of the colour of her skin and her gender. But that did not stop her from attending an international aviation school in France and ultimately obtaining her license. 

"I knew we had no aviators, neither men nor women, and I knew the race needed to be represented along this most important line, so I thought it my duty to risk my life to learn aviation and to encourage flying among men and women of our race, who are so far behind the white race in this modern study," Coleman famously said.  

5. Ida B Wells

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was an African American journalist, women's rights activist and internationally renowned anti-lynching crusader.

Her life was threatened when she cast doubts on claims about an epidemic of black men raping white women, while also exposing the reality of sexual violence perpetrated against black women by white men. 

Oceans. For centuries people have regarded them as an inexhaustible supply of food, a useful transport route, and a convenient dumping ground - simply too vast to be affected by anything we do.
But human activity, particularly over the last few decades, has finally pushed oceans to their limit. On our next report, Felipe reports on the elements that are threatening our world’s oceans. Pollution and overfishing are two main problems that are damaging one of our most important resources and slowly disrupting an entire ecosystem

In the video above, Jackson gives us his review of the new movie "Logan"

The Oscar for best animated short film may not generate nearly as much attention as other categories, but it strikes an exciting contrast with the more traditional forms of storytelling found throughout other categories.Take a look at 89th Academy Award nominees for Animated Short.

With four 4s and the right mathematical operators it's possible to make any whole number.

So you can make 0 with (4-4) + (4-4). 1 could be (4/4)+(4-4). It's a fun puzzle to see how high you can go, but there's a neat trick that lets you make any number all the way up to infinity.

Peanut Butter and Chocolate are a great flavor combination.  Add dried fruit, nuts and oats and you’ve got a delicious and nutritious bar.  Nicole, a student at the Culinary Institute of America shows us how to make them.  

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups peanut butter
• ½ cup of honey
• 1 ½ Cups of oats
• ½ cup cashews
• 2/3 cup almonds or almonds pieces
• 1/3 cup dried cranberries
• ½ cup of mini chocolate chips