International Women's Day - 8 March 2019
Is celebrated around the world on the 8th of March and is a day to reflect on how far we have come and how far we still have to go to truly achieve gender equality.
International Women's Day is recognized by countries on every continent . In fact, according to the official International Women's Day organization, many countries including Cuba, Afghanistan, Vietnam, China, and Russia recognize March 8 and IWD as a national holiday.
The United States began celebrating Women's Day even before it became an international event, holding the first Women's Day on FEB. 28, 1909.
For this reason, it's important that IWD is celebrated through solidarity with, and between, women around the world.
Without a doubt, the IWD 2016 celebrations from Taiwan to Scotland to Turkey prove that women's rights are on the forefront of peoples' minds across the globe.
Maybe someday, IWD will be celebrated, and officially recognized as a holiday, by all nations __ along with women's ( and human ) rights.
