International Women's Day. International Women's Day is annually held on March 8 to celebrate women's achievements throughout history and across nations. It is also known as the United Nations (UN) Day for Women's Rights and International Peace.
Why Women's Day is celebrated on 8th March?
International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year. It commemorates the movement for women's rights.
What is the theme of International Women's Day 2017?
The 2017 theme for International Women's Day, 8 March, focuses on “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030”.
What happened in women's day?
1956 Women's March. On 9 August 1956, more than 20,000 South African women of all races staged a march on the Union Buildings in protest against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act of 1950, commonly referred to as the "pass laws". ... (Now you have touched the women, you have struck a rock.).
What color to wear on International Women's Day?
The widespread adoption of the colour has caused many people to wonder why, as white, purple and green (the suffragette's adopted shades) are more often associated with the women's rights movement. And the marches for equality across the world earlier this year, saw many women wearing pink-eared hats.
When was first Women's Day celebrated in India?
This year, March 8, celebrated as International Women's Day (IWD) marks 100 years of the declaration and observation of the first International Women's day. The first official celebration of Women's Day happened on March 19 in 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.
