International Women's Day 2021: History, Theme & Facts

By Stuti Mishra|Updated : March 8th, 2021

Women's are the real architect of the world. Today, on the occasion of International Women's Day, we have come up with an article to let you know about everything about Women's Day, its emergence, theme and facts. Read the full article to know more..

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International Women’s Day is observed every year on March 8 to celebrate women, their rights, and their achievements. International Women’s Day has been celebrated for over a century now.

Background

Introduced: It was first organized in 1911 by 20th century Marxist from Germany Clara Zetkin, who was born in 1857 in Germany’s Wiederau and was associated with Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Although, it is a feminist cause, its roots lie in the labour movement.
The day was first marked in America, on February 28, 1909, under the movement named as ‘National Women's Day’ organized by the Socialist Party of America.
When it became international? Later in 1911, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland and Austria celebrated the first International Women's Day on March 19.
Recognized: However, United Nations recognized the day and declared March 8 as International Women's Day across the globe in 1977.

International Women’s Day 2021

International Women’s Day 2021 Theme: Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.
The theme was announced by UN Women.
UN Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women): It is a United Nations entity working for the empowerment of women. UN Women became operational in January 2011
This theme celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from COVID-19 pandemic.
It is also aligned with priority theme of 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, “Women's full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”, and the flagship Generation Equality campaign.
This calls for women’s right to decision-making in all areas of life, equal pay, equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work, an end all forms of violence against women and girls, and health-care services that respond to their needs.
This year's women's day slogan is #ChoosetoChallenge.

Some Quick Facts

Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th is linked to the women’s movements during the Russian Revolution (1917).
New Zealand was the first self-governing nation to allow women to vote.
In the first known campaign of its kind, Egyptian Society of Physicians went against tradition by declaring the negative effects of female genital mutilation in 1920.
Legal restrictions have kept 2.7 billion women from accessing same choice of jobs as men. As of 2019, less than 25% of parliamentarians were women.
One in three women experience gender-based violence including physical or sexual violence and 200 M of girls-women have suffered genital mutilation.
Nearly 60 per cent of women around the world work in the informal economy, earning less, saving less, and at greater risk of falling into poverty.
Women earn 23% less than men globally.

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