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Women’s rights and gender equality are taking centre stage in 2020. Twenty-five years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action—a progressive roadmap for gender equality—it’s time to take stock of progress and bridge the gaps that remain through bold, decisive actions.
Mar 8, 2021 · This year’s International Women’s Day is a rallying cry for Generation Equality. It is time to finally fully harness the power of women’s leadership to realise a more equal, more inclusive and more sustainable future.
UN Women announces the theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March 2021 (IWD 2021) as, “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.”
Mar 2, 2021 · 2 March 2021. Getty Images. Women called for gender equality during this protest in Brasilia on International Women's Day in 2020. You might have seen International Women's Day...
- Suzanne Sareini. Suzanne Sareini made history as the first Arab American ever elected to Dearborn, Michigan’s City Council. As a resident in the most densely populated Arab American city, her victory in 1989 helped dozens of other Arab Americans run for public office and serve their communities.
- Helen Thomas. Helen Thomas was a famed author and journalist, well known for being the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, as well as the first female officer of the National Press Club.
- Kathy Najimy. Kathy Najimy is an American actress and comedian most known for her roles in Sister Act, Hocus Pocus, Veep, and King of the Hill. Najimy has been using her celebrity status to be an outspoken activist for women’s rights, animal rights, gay rights, and feminist causes.
- Dr. Najat Khelil. Dr. Khelil is a champion of both science and activist. In 1974, she became the first woman in the State of Texas to earn a Ph.D. in nuclear physics.
Mar 11, 2021 · UN ESCWA celebrated International Women’s Day under the theme of women’s leadership, broadly defined, in the Arab region with a virtual event.
UN Women is pleased to invite you to the United Nations observance of International Women’s Day 2021. The theme is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world on the way to the Generation Equality Forum”.
