About International Women's Day:
- It is an annual event celebrated on March 8 to raise awareness about a number of issues, including violence and abuse against women, women's reproductive rights, gender equality and women's achievements in various fields.
- March also marks the start of Women's History Month around the world. It begins on March 1 and ends on March 31.
- The campaign theme for International Women's Day 2024 is "Invest in women: Accelerating Progress".
- History:
- First celebrated in the United States on February 28, 1909, in New York City, the event was organised on the suggestion of activist Theresa Malkiel.
- In August 1910, German delegates of International Socialist Women's Conference, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, drew inspiration from American activists, and proposed to establish an annual 'Women's Day'.
- On March 19 of the following year, more than a million people in Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland celebrated Women's Day.
- Since then, International Women's Day has evolved into a worldwide day of acknowledgment and festivity.
- As the women's liberation movement swept around the world in the 1970s, the United Nations designated 1975 International Women's Year and celebrated the holiday for the first time. Two years later, in 1977, it designated March 8 International Women's Day.
