International Women’s Day is observed every year on the 8th of March to valorize the accomplishment of women in societal, economical, familiar and political aspects and to bring awareness of the rights of women and the demand of equality of sexes. It has been celebrated since the beginning of the twentieth century, and at present it is followed in many countries across the globe. As it stands today is a day to dance for what has been achieved as far as gender issues are concerned but also a day to weep because the motif towards taking all women to their rightful place has not fully been fully achieved.

Women's Day Quotes

"Here's to strong women. May we know them, may we be them, may we raise them." - Unknown
"A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform." - Diane Mariechild
"Women are the real architects of society." - Harriet Beecher Stowe
"In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued." - Aung San Suu Kyi
"The empowered woman is powerful beyond measure and beautiful beyond description." - Steve Maraboli
"A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman." - Melinda Gates
"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud." - Coco Chanel
"We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead." - Beyoncé
"A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world." - Hillary Clinton
"Feminism isn't about making women strong. Women are already strong. It's about changing the way the world perceives that strength." - G.D. Anderson
"I do not wish women to have power over men, but over themselves." - Mary Wollstonecraft
"A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less." - Vera Nazarian
"The best protection any woman can have...is courage." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition." - Marilyn Monroe
"I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I'm beautiful. I say if I'm strong. You will not determine my story – I will." - Amy Schumer
"Women are leaders everywhere you look—from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women, and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes." - Nancy Pelosi
"We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back." - Malala Yousafzai
"Women are always saying, 'We can do anything that men can do.' But Men should be saying, 'We can do anything that women can do.'" - Gloria Steinem
"The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you're very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble." - Serena Williams
"We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free." - Kavita Ramdas
"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." - Audre Lorde
"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made... It shouldn't be that women are the exception." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world." - Meryl Streep
"The strongest actions for a woman is to love herself, be herself, and shine amongst those who never believed she could." - Unknown
"A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men." - Gloria Steinem
"I am not a victim. No matter what I have been through, I'm still here. I have a history of victory." - Steve Maraboli
"There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish." - Michelle Obama
"Women are the real architects of society, without them, the world would not exist." - Amma
"The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it." - Roseanne Barr
"I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot all succeed when half of us are held back." - Malala Yousafzai
"The world needs strong women who will lift and build others, who will love and be loved, women who live bravely, both tender and fierce; women of indomitable will." - Amy Tenney
"A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture, and transform." - Diane Mariechild
"Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants." - Coco Chanel
"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear." - Rosa Parks
"Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world." - Hillary Clinton
"I want every girl to know that her voice can change the world." - Malala Yousafzai
"A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"A strong woman is one who feels deeply and loves fiercely. Her tears flow just as abundantly as her laughter. A strong woman is both soft and powerful. She is both practical and spiritual. A strong woman in her essence is a gift to the world." - Unknown
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." - Alice Walker
"I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet." - Susan B. Anthony
"There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish." - Michelle Obama
"The power you have is to be the best version of yourself you can be, so you can create a better world." - Ashley Rickards
"Women are always saying, 'We can do anything that men can do.' But Men should be saying, 'We can do anything that women can do.'" - Gloria Steinem
"Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants." - Coco Chanel
"We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead." - Beyoncé
"I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me." - Maya Angelou
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay." - Madonna
"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." - Maya Angelou

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Significance of Women's Day

There is a lot of importance of Women’s Day because it aims at recognizing the importance of women in the society as well as advocating for gender equality. It is a day that highlights the fact that women have been or are still being disempowered and locked out from many facets of life and hence, the call to continue the fight for the achievement of women after today.

It is also a day that highlights accomplishments of women in areas that include politics, economics, arts, business and sciences among others. It is an opportunity to recognize the roles that women play in society and the roles they perform notwithstanding the challenges and discrimination that they receive.

International Women ‘s Day is the invitation, the encouragement to get involved to contribute into the process of achieving gender parity and create a better world. It is a time to review the change that has taken place since then but it is also a time to run the race that is yet to be completed in order to produce a society where every woman will have the right to live like any other person.

History of Women's Day

The tradition of celebrating Women’s Day goes back to the early twentieth century as in March 8th was celebrated for the first time in the year 1909 by the Socialist Party of America in New York City. It was chosen as the International Women’s Day to commemorate a strike of the women garment workers in New York in 1908 against sweating system.

In the year 1910, another conference was conducted at Copenhagen, Denmark in which participants were more than hundred women from 17 different countries where they discussed women’s rights and the necessity of voting rights of women. During the conference, the idea of creating a special Women’s Holiday was under discussion which was to be celebrated every year on the 8th of March.

The official first International Women’s Day was observed on March 19, 1911, in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland where over one million people attended the rallies and demanded women’s right in respect to employment rights, suffrage, and the right to vote and hold office.

After that year, Women’s Day was celebrated in many countries of the world, including for the purpose that women would rise for their rights and demands on equal rights between men and women. The United Nations established International Women’s Day formally in the year 1975, and the day is celebrated on 8th of March every year.

Some Interesting Facts about women's Day

Women’s day was first observed in the year 1909 in the United States of America.
The first IWD demonstration was held in 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland calling for better working conditions, better pay, and the vote for women.
For instance, Women’s Day is depicted in purple color because the color has been associated with justice and dignity.
The day that was set aside for celebration of womanhood this year was anchored on the hashtag #IWD2021, the tag line was ‘Choose to Challenge’ which summons people to challenge the stereotyping of women and denying them their deserved equality.
Today International Women’s Day is celebrated in many countries as an official holiday in Afghanistan, Russia, Vietnam, etc.
The biggest Women’s strike ever was held in 1975 in Iceland: 90% of women stayed home to protest against discriminant of women.
It’s not only the day when women achievement should be celebrated, but the day when people should be informed about gender issues, and changes should be demanded.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike was the world’s first female prime minister to be elected in Sri Lanka in the year 1960.
It is a known fact that women representatives about 70% of the total health workforce globally while women leadership in health organizations occupies only one quarter of the leadership positions.
The female pay gap with the male counterpart is still prevalent with estimates showing that it stands at about 16% on the international level.
The International Women’s Day was first observed by the United Nations in 1975 and the occasion has been observed annually.
The United States did not recognize the Women’s Day until the year 1980.
In some countries Women’s Day is celebrated as a national holiday and women are free to go to work.
The first woman to be awarded with the Nobel Prize was Marie Curie; she was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and later in the backdrop of winning the Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
Women’s day is observed in more than one hundred countries.
This below figure shows the literacy status for women worldwide as well as compares it to that of men literacy which stand at 92% globally.
They also stay in insecure and low paying jobs more often than the male counterparts, especially being more dominant in the informal employment.

Historical Women

Cleopatra (69 BC – 30 BC): The last pharaoh of the ancient Egypt, Cleopatra was a good politician, diplomat and a linguist.

Joan of Arc (1412 – 1431): Joan of Arc who is considered as a heroine of France was leading the French army and the French to several victories in the course of the hundred year war.

Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910): Amself Florence Nightingale is attached to the Great Britain nurse, writer and social Reformer who served nursing profession during the Crimean war.

Harriet Tubman (1822 – 1913): This was an American civil rights activist and women, she was also instrumental in the Underground Railroad assisting in freeing hundreds of slaves by the movement.

Susan B. Anthony (1820 – 1906): Susan B. Anthony was an active women’s rights activist who worked for the Women’s suffrage movement in United States of America.

Sojourner Truth (1797 – 1883): Probably the most famous speech given by Truth is the one where she asked the audience ‘ain’t I a woman’, fighting for the black women’s right.

Marie Curie (1867 – 1934): Marie Curie is a physicist and chemist who was born in Poland; she was the first woman to receive Nobel Prize and also the only person who has been awarded two of those Nobel Prizes in different branches of science.

Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005): ‘Rosa Parks – A woman of Color and civil rights activist who ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott after she denied to surrender her bus seat to a White man.

Indira Gandhi (1917 – 1984): Currently and perhaps the only female to ever been the Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi led the country for well over a decade.

Margaret Thatcher (1925 – 2013): Playing a role as a Prime Minister of Great Britain Margaret Thatcher was one of the most conservative politicians the UK had ever seen.

Ada Lovelace (1815 – 1852): Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer who have been attributed to the writing of the first computer program.

Jane Austen (1775 – 1817): An English novelist, she was a woman with an exquisite sense of humour and her works are ‘Pride and Prejudice’, ‘Sense and Sensibility’.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 – 1962): Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady of the United States as well as a famous diplomat and an activist, who was also serving in the United Nations.

Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954): An artist from Mexico, Frida Kahlo is famous by her work in the style of surrealist and the focus on womanish motifs.

Malala Yousafzai (born 1997): A Pakistani girl advocate for girl’s education Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban in an attempt to kill her and has even become the youngest Noble Prize winner.

Amelia Earhart (1897 – disappeared 1937): The other famous American icon of the flight is Amelia Earhart who was the first woman to ever fly solo across the Atlantic.

Soong Mei-ling (1898 – 2003): Soong Mei-ling was a politician and philanthropist of China and was the wife of Chiang Kai-shek and was one of the most influential leaders of China.

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797): Considered as one of the first advocates of the woman’s right to work, Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer, philosopher, and feminist.

Hatshepsut (1507 – 1458 BC): Being the Pharaoh of ancient Egypt, the history knows Hatshepsut as one of the most successful female rulers with military campaigns and building projects.

Katherine Johnson (1918 – 2020): One of the prominent African American and a mathematician, Katherine Johnson performed the computational work of calculating the trajectories for the early space missions of NASA along with the other woman mathematicians who were famously called the ‘human computers’. She was also the subject of the book and the bio-pic “Hidden Figures.”

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FAQs Women's Day

Q: It takes us to the basic question: What is the International Women’s Day all about?
A: The International Women’s Day or IWD is an annual celebration of the contribution of women in society in all aspects including social, economical, political and cultural. It is being celebrated every year on 8th March.

Q: From which year was the International Women’s Day celebrated?
A: International Women’s Day was celebrated for the first time in the year 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. Originally, it was an event used to call for women’s voting, employment and the right to assume leadership positions.

Q: Why International Women’s Day is crucial?
A: The reason why International Women’s Day is significant because the fight for women’s rights and other gender equality related matters is still ongoing even in the current generation whereby women can go to school, work, and vote. It is also a day on which to recognize the accomplishments of women across all professions.

Q: What is the hashtgae for women’s day 2021?
A: The distinction made for the International Women’s Day 2021 was ‘Choose to Challenge’ and this called for the society to fight against gender stereotype and discrimination and thus make the world a better place.

Q: When is International Women’s Day Our aim is to celebrate and empower women including raising awareness about violence against women.
A: One of the ways through which International Women’s day is observed is through marches, rallies or any form of demonstration aimed at raising issues affecting women. Many organizations also organize awareness and sensitization on the rights and issues of women and girl child on the day.

Q: As we have already seen IWD differs from Womens History Month as the two symbols are dedicated to the women of the world celebrating the achievements made by women on International Women’s Day, while Womens History Month is a one month celebration of women’s history.
A: International Women’s Day only one day taking place through the globe on eighth of march , on other hand Women’s History Month is observed through the month of march in USA, Canada and Australia and through the month of October in United Kingdom . Women History Month is a celebration of women and their achievement spread all through a whole month in a given year.

Q: What is the relation between pink color and International Women’s Day?
A: People use the colour purple in relation with Justice and dignity of women and sometimes in relation to International Women’s Day. Especially, the use of the purple color began with the Women’s Social and Political Union in the United Kingdom: purple, white, and green colors symbolize women’s inequality, purity, and hope accordingly.

Q: What is the #MeToo movement and how this event connect with International Women’s Day?
A: #MeToo is an international movement that targets advocating for awareness on the cases of sexual harassment and assault, and punishing the offenders. It is connected with International Women’s Day because both are the fight for women’s rights and against gender stereotypes and violence to women.

Q: How can one help improve the lives of women on the International Women’s Day?
A: Possible ways on how to observe International Women’s Day include participating in events and marches, contributing to women’s organisations, ensuring gender equality at your workplace or community and ensuring that you as well as the members of the community raise awareness on the issues facing women.