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Bringing awareness to gender equality and parity, International Women’s Day is also a celebration of the social, economic, and political achievements of women all over the world. This day also plays a significant role in highlighting fundraising for charities that work toward the advancement of women and girls.
The 2021 International Women’s Day (IWD) theme is #ChooseToChallenge. This theme emphasizes IWD’s urge to choose to challenge gender inequality and bias whenever and wherever it is encountered. The theme of Choose to Challenge is to promote and encourage a more inclusive world.
The first National Women’s Day was declared in the United States in 1909 on February 28 and continued to be the last Sunday in February until 1913.
The Intentional Women’s Day was born at a conference in Copenhagen in 1910 by women representing 17 countries. On March 19, 1911, the first International Women’s Day was celebrated in Europe and the US. In 1913 the date was changed to March 8.
1975 saw the first recognition of IWD by the United Nations – and 1996 saw the first annual theme, “Celebrating the past, Planning for the Future.”
International Women’s Day has six specific Missions
Women Creatives : To celebrate the work of women creatives and elevate visibility for commercial projects and commissions,
Women and Technology: To celebrate digital advancement and champion the women forging innovation through technology,
Women and Sport: To celebrate women athletes and applaud when equality is achieved in pay, sponsorship and visibility,
Women’s Health: To assist women to be in a position of power to make informed decisions about their health,
Women at Work: To forge inclusive work cultures where women’s careers thrive and achievements are celebrated, and
Women’s Empowerment: To shine a spotlight on activity encouraging and uplifting women to pursue goals without bias or barriers.
Courtesy of International Women’s Day
Women in Movement:
A Band of Nobel Women: Racial Politics in the Women’s Peace Movement
by Melinda Plastas 303.6609 PLA
Cassandra Speaks: When Women are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
by Elizabeth Lesser New Shelf 305.42 LES
Dangerous Women: the Rhetoric of the Women Nobel Peace Laureates
by Ellen Gorsevski 327.172092 GOR
Keep Marching: How Every Woman Can Take Action and Change Our World
by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner 305.42 ROW
They Didn’t See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties
by Lisa Levenstein 305.42 LEV
Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change Around the World
by Alyse Nelson 305.42 NEL
Women Making History: The 19th Amendment
From the Eastern National Association 324.6 WOM
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