EmbraceEquity: What to know about International Women's Day 2023, the theme and how to participate
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- 08 Mar 2023
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By hugging yourself today, you can show solidarity with women across the world on International Women's Day.
To celebrate the event, people are being asked to embrace themselves – as a public show of their pledge to embrace equity, which is this year's International Women's Day theme – and share the image on social media, video and elsewhere.
By doing so, participants "encourage others to help forge an inclusive world," the International Women's Day website rea
"The aim of the IWD 2023 #EmbraceEquity campaign theme is to get the world talking about 'Why equal opportunities aren't enough'," the website reads. "People start from different places, so true inclusion and belonging require equitable action."
What (and when) is International Women’s Day?
Observed annually on March 8, International Women’s Day celebrates the global “social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women,” according to the event website.
The day also calls for action to advance gender equality.
When was International Women’s Day first celebrated?
International Women’s Day emerged from women’s rights movements in the U.S. and other industrializing countries during the early 1900s.
The Socialist Party of America declared the first National Women’s Day in 1909. It would be observed on the last Sunday of February until 1913. Read More…
