8th March is International Women's Day.
In 1977, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women's Rights. The United States allotted the whole month of March as Women's History Month.
IWD 2016 campaign theme #pledgeforparity
Worldwide, women continue to contribute to social, economic, cultural and political achievement. And we have much to celebrate today. But progress towards gender parity has slowed in many places.
The World Economic Forum predicted in 2014 that it would take until 2095 to achieve global gender parity. Then one year later in 2015, they estimated that a slowdown in the already glacial pace of progress meant the gender gap wouldn't close entirely until 2133.
International Women's Day 2016: What is it and why was it set up?:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/international-womens-day-2016-what-when-is-it-why-was-it-set-up-a6917341.html
Article:http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/international-womens-day-2016-how-pledge-parity-workplace-1547629
Reference:http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
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