International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8th to recognize women's economic, political, and social achievements and respect women. The 2021 theme focuses on equal access to education, training, science, and technology to help women gain decent work. Women still face significant challenges worldwide, including making up the majority of people in poverty, earning less pay than men for the same work, and being victims of violence. The roots of International Women's Day trace back to protests in 1908 when women marched in New York demanding women's rights.

2. It is a date in which we show respect, appreciation and love towards women. We also celebrate women's economic, political and social achievements.

3. 8 March International Women's Day for the United Nations since 1975 2011 The theme for International Women's Day: Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women.

4. Whywomen’sday? The majority of the world's 1.3 billion absolute poor are women. Women earn 30 and 40 per cent less pay than for the same work. Everywhere, women continue to be victims of violence, with rape and domestic violence listed as significant causes of disability and death among women of reproductive age worldwide. Women haven’t got all the same rights and opportunities as men anywhere in the world.

5. HowithappenedA briefhistory 1857: Women working in clothing and textile factories in New York City staged a protest. They were fighting against inhumane working conditions and low wages. 1909: First National Woman's Day to honour of the 1908 garment workers’ strike in New York, where women protested against working conditions. 8 March 1908: 15,000 women marched through New York City . They demanded shorter work hours, better pay, voting rights and an end to child labour. They adopted the slogan "Bread and Roses", with bread symbolizing economic security and roses a better quality of life.

6. And… in Spain? When? Woman suffrage: 1931 Mensuffrage: 1869 From 1947 to 1977, duringFranco’sdictatorship, onlymencould vote in some cases. 1977: Universal suffrage

7. EQUALITY EVERYWHERE