International Women’s Day, March 8
International Women’s Day
March 8 – International Women’s Day (IWD) is a globally celebrated day to recognize the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. www.InternationalWomensDay.com This year’s theme is Break the Bias.
IWD has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. IWD is not country, group or organization specific.
See also the UN’s page: https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day Advancing gender equality in the context of the climate crisis and disaster risk reduction is one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century.
- Seventy per cent of the 1.3 billion people living in conditions of poverty are women. In urban areas, 40 per cent of the poorest households are headed by women.
- Women predominate in the world’s food production (50-80 per cent), but they own less than 10 per cent of the land.
- 80 per cent of the displaced by climate related disasters and changes around the world are women and girls.
- Climate change may lead to more gender-based violence, an increase in child marriages, an
See their web page for tips on how to build workplaces where women thrive, elevate visibility of women creatives, forge women’s equality in tech, empower women’s health choices, and worldwide empowerment.
Women’s Week in Colorado
See our ARTICLE in the 3/10/22 edition.
Visit Week Of Women – CBS Denver (cbslocal.com) for a complete list of Week of Women Colorado events and more details.
National Women’s History Month – March
See our ARTICLE in the 3/24/22 edition.
