International Women's Day!!

First IWD celebrated by the United Nations!

Mar 8, 1975

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/iwd/history.html

IWD

Period: Mar 8, 1975 to Mar 8, 2012

Celebrating the Past, Planning for the Future

Mar 8, 1996

http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/women/

Women at the Peace Table

Mar 8, 1997

http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/women/womday97.htm

Women and Human Rights

Mar 8, 1998

Women and Human Rights

World Free of Violence against Women

Mar 8, 1999

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1999/19990308.sgsm6919.html

Women Uniting for Peace

Mar 8, 2000

http://www.un.org/events/women/women00.htm

Women and Peace: Women Managing Conflicts

Mar 8, 2001

Afghan Women Today: Realities and Opportunities

Mar 8, 2002

Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals

Mar 8, 2003

Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty

Mar 8, 2012