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This year the theme is "Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change"
This year the theme is "Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change"
What is International Women's Day?
What is International Women's Day?
International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated annually on March 8. The day has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911. The day is not country, group or organization specific - and belongs to all groups collectively everywhere.
International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
No one government, NGO, charity, corporation, academic institution, women's network or media hub is solely responsible for International Women's Day. Many organizations declare an annual IWD theme that supports their specific agenda or cause, and some of these are adopted more widely with relevance than others. International Women's Day is a collective day of global celebration and a call for gender parity.
International Women's Day is all about unity, celebration, reflection, advocacy and action - whatever that looks like globally at a local level. But one thing is for sure, International Women's Day has been occurring for well over a century - and continue's to grow from strength to strength. Learn about the values that guide IWD's ethos.
Purple is a colour for symbolising women
There is a beautiful photo essay here with the theme. Equality is our goal, access is our right. This has been produced by UN Women.
Read the Statement for International Women’s Day by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women here March 4, 2019
You can take a look at some other inspirational International Women's Day Videos here
There are many events around the country to celebrate International Women's Day, (many in Dublin, however) some of which might be of interest to you. You can have a look here
As International Women’s Day approaches, we’re celebrating stories of empowerment for some of the inspirational women we work with. But we’re also asking why gender equality is so crucial to the elimination of poverty. Here are five reasons why equality for women and girls is so important. More here (from the Concern Blog)
The CSW 63 will take place from March 11th - March 22nd 2019 and the theme this year are:
The CSW 63 will take place from March 11th - March 22nd 2019 and the theme this year are:
Themes
Themes
- Priority theme: Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls;
- Review theme: Women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development (agreed conclusions of the sixtieth session);
The Bureau for the 63rd session (2019) of the Commission on the Status of Women comprises the following members:
- H.E. Ms. Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ireland), Chair (Western European and other States Group) In the Video
- Ms. Koki Muli Grignon (Kenya), Vice-Chair (African States Group)
- Mr. Mauricio Carabali Baquero (Colombia), Vice-Chair (Latin American and Caribbean States Group)
- Ms. Rena Tasuja (Estonia), Vice-Chair (Eastern European States Group)
- Mr. Mohammed S. Marzooq (Iraq), Vice-Chair designate (Asia-Pacific States Group)
Everything that you need to know can be found here
Last December we celebrated 16 Days of Activism in the lead up to Human Rights Day December 10th. The Future We Need group produced 16 separate resources for these days and International Women Day offers us an opportunity to revisit them here.
Our Lenten Resource for week two of Lent looks to women as Prophets of Our Time: Lorna Gold. This resource has been produced again by the Future We Need Group.
Lent 2019, week 2 - Lorna Gold.pdfGoogle Sites
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