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Bookmark or Share- International Women’s Day: What’s the difference between equity and ...The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is #EmbraceEquity. Although equity and equality are often used interchangeably, they don’t mean the same thing. Equality is the end goal – equity is how you get there. Giving women equal rights is not enough in itself to close the 132-year global gender gap.
- International Women’s Day: What is it and why do we need it?It began life as National Women’s Day in the United States back in February 1909. The following year, at the second International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen, Denmark, women’s rights activist Clara Zetkin called for an international women’s day to give women a greater voice to further their demands for equal rights.
- International Women's Day: 6 inspirational female leaders | World ...In my work with the World Economic Forum’s communities of Young Global Leaders and Global Shapers, I am inspired every day by amazing women in our network: young female leaders who are driving the call for equitable and sustainable food systems, de-stigmatising mental health in developing countries, curbing the pandemic in vulnerable ...
- The theme of International Women’s Day 2020, explainedThe United Nations first celebrated International Women’s Day during International Women’s Year in 1975. By 1977, the UN and its member states proclaimed 8 March would be an official day for women’s rights and world peace. It’s now observed all over the world.
- Valuing women’s work and the value of working womenBogotá’s Care System seeks to recognize, redistribute, and reduce care work through training, respite, and care services.
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