International Women’s Day 2021

Since those early years, International Women's Day has assumed a new global dimension for women in developed and developing countries alike. The growing international women's movement, which has been strengthened by four global United Nations women's conferences, has helped make the commemoration a rallying point to build support for women's rights and participation in the political and economic arenas. The United Nations, each year decides a special theme to spread awareness and advance gender parity worldwide.

Theme for 2021

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.

When did it all start?

International Women's Day grew out of the labour movement to become a UN-recognised annual event. The seeds of it were planted in 1908, when 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter working hours, better pay and the right to vote. It was the Socialist Party of America who declared the first National Woman's Day, a year later.  The idea to make the day international came from a woman called Clara Zetkin. She suggested the idea in 1910 at an International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen. There were 100 women there, from 17 countries, and they agreed on her suggestion unanimously.

It was first celebrated in 1911, in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.

International Women's Day Time line

Events at Our School :

Pictorial Quiz - https://forms.gle/tySyE3DrknfvaYWL7

Webinar at 5.00 PM 

Webinar link has been shared in e-library group as well as individual class groups 

Watch this space for  updates 

Sources:

https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day/background

https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Activity/15586/The-history-of-IWD