✅ 8 March
• International Women’s Day
Theme23 - “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”
👩🏻🦱 International Women's Day will be celebrated across the world on March 8 to mark the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.
👩🏻🦰 For the first time, International Women's Day was celebrated in 1911.
👩🏻National Women's Commission ➖ 1992
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History & Significance
● International Women’s Day (IWD), day (March 8) honouring the achievements of women and promoting women’s rights. A national holiday in numerous countries, it has been sponsored by the United Nations (UN) since 1975.
● According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), International Women's Day first emerged from the activities of labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century across North America and Europe. UNESCO states, "The first National Woman's Day was observed in the United States on February 28 1909, which the Socialist Party of America dedicated in honour of the 1908 garment workers' strike in New York where women protested against harsh working conditions.
● In 1917, women in Russia chose to protest and strike under the slogan "Bread and Peace" on the last Sunday in February (which fell on March 8 on the Gregorian calendar). Their movement ultimately led to the enactment of women's suffrage in Russia."
● It was in 1945 that the Charter of the United Nations became the first international agreement to affirm the principle of equality between women and men but it was only on March 8 during International Women's Year in 1975 that the UN celebrated its first official International Women's Day.
● Later in December 1977, the General Assembly adopted a resolution that proclaimed a United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by Member States under their historical and national traditions. Finally, following its adoption by the United Nations in 1977, International Women's Day was marked on March 8 as an official UN holiday for women's rights and world peace.
Theme23
This International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023, join UN Women and the United Nations in celebrating under the theme DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.
■ Women make up only 22 percent of artificial intelligence workers globally.
■ A global analysis of 133 AI systems across industries found that 44.2 percent demonstrate gender bias.
■ A survey of women journalists from 125 countries found that 73 percent had suffered online violence in the course of their work.
• From the earliest days of computing to the present age of virtual reality and artificial intelligence, women have made untold contributions to the digital world in which we increasingly live. Their accomplishments have been against all odds, in a field that has historically neither welcomed nor appreciated them.
• Today, a persistent gender gap in digital access keeps women from unlocking technology’s full potential. Their underrepresentation in STEM education and careers remains a major barrier to their participation in tech design and governance. And the pervasive threat of online gender-based violence coupled with a lack of legal recourse too often forces them out of the digital spaces they do occupy.
• At the same time, digital technology is opening new doors for the global empowerment of women, girls and other marginalized groups. From gender-responsive digital learning to tech-facilitated sexual and reproductive healthcare, the digital age represents an unprecedented opportunity to eliminate all forms of disparity and inequality.
• This 8 March, UN calling on governments, activists and the private sector alike to power on in their efforts to make the digital world safer, more inclusive and more equitable. Facing a multiplicity of global crises, we have a chance to create a better future not just for women and girls, but for all humanity and all life on Earth.
On IWD2023 and beyond, everyone everywhere can help forge an inclusive world 🌎
Embrace Equity at home 🏠️
Embrace Equity at school 🏫
Embrace Equity in business 💼
Embrace Equity in government 📢
Embrace Equity in communities 👩👧👦
Embrace Equity in mind & action 💡
Thanks for reading 😊
Credit: UN, UN WOMEN