~~ Abigail Adams, Abigail Adams, U.S. First Lady, 1776 (née Smith; November 22 [O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the first Vice President, and second President, of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President.
Did you know that March 8, 2016 is the 105th anniversary of International Woman's Day?
Google has celebrated 2016 International Women's Day with a lovely "gender-parity" global themed doodle #OneDayIWill.
The video shows women all around the world sharing their goals and aspirations with words in their native language beginning with "One Day I Will ..."
From becoming scientists to speaking to Pope Francis, their actions and words are inspirational.
See snapshot below:
In 2015, Google celebrated with an inspiring and engaging doodle.
Here's a snapshot below:
Google posted a very charming doodle to celebrate IWD 103rd (see right).
Also for it's 102nd, see below.
International Women's Day (IWD), originally coined International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8th every year.
The UN theme for International Women’s Day 2016 is "Pledge for Parity." #PledgeforParity.
Worldwide, women continue to contribute to social, economic, cultural and political achievement.
117 Years to Gender Parity? In 2014, The World Economic Forum predicted it would take until 2095 to achieve global gender parity. Unfortunately, one year later, 2015, they estimated an even slower progress and the gender gap wouldn't close entirely until nearly 4 decades later, 2133.
Be it helping women and girls achieve ambitions, advocating for gender-balanced leadership, respecting differences, or rooting for workplace bias, International Women's Day wants everyone - men and women -to take concrete steps to help achieve gender parity more quickly.
Women's equality has made positive gains but the world is still unequal.
International Women's Day celebrates the social, political and economic achievements of women while focusing world attention on areas requiring further action."
In many countries, International Women's Day is an occasion to honor and praise women for their accomplishments.
Join International Women’s Day on Facebook at facebook/internationalwomensday and for breaking news follow #womensday.
International Women's Day is an annual day observed in many nations around the world on March 8 each year. (Jumping Woman photo above by kongsky / freedigitalphotos.net)
President Barack Obama proclaimed March 2011 to be "Women's History Month", calling Americans to mark IWD by reflecting on "the extraordinary accomplishments of women" in shaping the country's history.
Also, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched the "100 Women Initiative: Empowering Women and Girls through International Exchanges", on the eve of IWD.
Photo above left taken by U.S.Army Photographer: Spc Tobey White, is of U.S. Army Lt. Col. Pam Moody, 319th ADT, and resident of Indianapolis, Ind. Here she hands out pencils to Afghan women at the International Women's Day gathering held in Khowst City, Khowst Province, Afghanistan, March 8, 2011.
Every year events take place on March 8th to commemorate the anniversary of International Women's Day. In 2011, IWD's 100th anniversary, 100 countries participated in events.
Kudos to all women for all we do!
Do you have a theme of your own to celebrate International Women's Day? IF so, share it on the International Women's Day website.
Resources for Women’s History Month:
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/03/08/international-womens-day-inequality-in-charts
Make your #PledgeForParity sponsor
http://womenshistorymonth.gov/
http://www.nwhp.org/whm/index.php
http://www.nwhp.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_History_Month
http://www.infoplease.com/womens-history-month/
http://www.history.com/topics/womens-history-month
http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/
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