we all of us know that March 8th has celebrated as International women’s dayin countries arond the world.Women are strong, powerful and invincible. With thousands of mantras encouraging women’s existence every day, a special day is indeed a necessity to celebrate women’s achievements in all aspects of life. Whether she’s a teacher, homemaker, economist, engineer or pioneer, women have been making the world a better place with their infinite strength, determination and belief.
International women’s day Theme 2022
Every year, March 8 is celebrated as International Women’s Day. This year, the goal is to create a gender-equal world. It is about celebrating a woman’s success and raising awareness against bias. So we all should choose to ‘challenge’ to bring the change. The hashtags for this year are #ChooseToChallenge and #IWD2022.
Several missions have been created to do the same. We should celebrate tech women and their innovations, applaud equality for women in sport, educate women on health choice decisions, build inclusive thriving workplaces, increase the visibility of creative women and forge their empowerment worldwide.
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International Women’s Day has been observed since the early 1900s. That was the time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that witnessed booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.
History
International Women’s Day (IWD) grew out of efforts in the early 20th century to promote women’s rights, especially suffrage. In its campaign for female enfranchisement, the Socialist Party of America in 1909 held the first National Woman’s Day, which was highlighted by mass meetings across the United States; the day was observed until 1913. Encouraged by German activist Clara Zetkin, the International Socialist Congress agreed in 1910 to create an international version of the U.S. holiday, and on March 19, 1911, the first IWD was held in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland. More than one million people attended rallies marking the day. In the ensuing years the IWD was celebrated in additional countries and on varying dates. On March 8 (February 24, Old Style), 1917, women in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia, marked the day by staging a strike to protest food shortages, poor living conditions, and World War I. This strike for “bread and peace” helped give rise to the Russian Revolution of 1917, which led to the abdication of Nicholas II on March 15 (March 2). In 1921 the date of the IWD was officially changed to March 8.
In the following decades, the success of the suffrage movement contributed to a decline in the popularity of the IWD. However, aided by the growth of feminism in the 1960s and UN sponsorship (1975), the IWD experienced a revitalization in the late 20th century. Today, it is an important occasion for promoting women’s issues and rights, especially in developing countries.
Facts
Seventy per cent of the 1.3 billion people living in conditions of poverty are women. In urban areas, 40 per cent of the poorest households are headed by women.
Women predominate in the world’s food production (50-80 per cent), but they own less than 10 per cent of the land.
80 per cent of the displaced by climate related disasters and changes around the world are women and girls
Climate change may lead to more gender-based violence, an increase in child marriages, and worsening sexual and reproductive health.(source-https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day)