Celebrating Women Worldwide
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY IN TULSA: To celebrate women in the community on International Women’s Day in March, flowers were placed at five locations across Tulsa at St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa Historical Society and Museum, Rotary Plaza, Center of the Universe and Woodward Park. The above photo was taken at Rotary Plaza in downtown Tulsa.
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s achievements or rally for women’s equality.
Marked annually on March 8, International Women’s Day (IWD) is one of the most important days of the year to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness about women’s equality, lobby for accelerated gender parity and fundraise for female-focused charities.
The campaign theme for International Women’s Day 2021 was “Choose to Challenge.” International Women’s Day has occurred for well over a century with the first gathering held in 1911.
Purple, green and white are the colors of International Women’s Day, where purple signifies justice and dignity and green symbolizes hope. The colors originated from the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in the UK in 1908.
International Women’s Day is not country, group, nor organization specific. No one government, NGO, charity, corporation, academic institution, women’s network, or media hub is solely responsible for International Women’s Day. The day belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. Gloria Steinem, world-renowned feminist, journalist and activist once explained “The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist, nor to any one organization, but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights.” So make International Women’s Day your day and do what you can to truly make a positive difference for women.
