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Mar 8, 2024 · For more than a century, people around the world have marked International Women's Day on 8 March. But what is the day for, and why does it matter? How did International Women's Day start?
Mar 1, 2024 · 8 March is International Women’s Day – devoted to celebrating the achievements of women and seeking gender equality. The campaign theme in 2024 is #InspireInclusion , while the official theme of the UN observance of the day is ‘ Invest in women: Accelerate progress ’.
- Kate Whiting
Mar 2, 2021 · International Women's Day has become a date to celebrate how far women have come in society, in politics and in economics, while the political roots of the day mean strikes and protests are...
- How did it start? Image source, Corbis / Hulton Deutsch. Clara Zetkin founded International Women's Day in 1910. International Women's Day, also known as IWD for short, grew out of the labour movement to become an annual event recognised by the United Nations.
- Why 8 March? Image source, Getty Images. A woman takes part in an International Women's Day event in Bogota, Colombia in 2021. Clara's idea for an International Women's Day had no fixed date.
- Why do people wear the colour purple? Image source, Getty Images. The colour purple is often associated with IWD as it signifies 'justice and dignity'
- Is there an International Men's Day? There is indeed, on 19 November. But it has only been marked since the 1990s and isn't recognised by the UN. People celebrate it in more than 80 countries worldwide, including the UK.
Mar 8, 2023 · A 2021 World Health Organization report found that nearly one in three women worldwide is subjected to physical or sexual violence during her lifetime, an issue that ties in with women’s...
The purpose of the day is to uphold women’s achievements, recognize challenges, and focus greater attention on women’s rights and gender equality to mobilize all people to do their part.
Did you know? The fact that Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th is strongly linked to the women’s movements during the Russian Revolution (1917). New Zealand was the first self-governing...
