When is IWD?



It is on 8 March. There was no fixed date for Clara's idea for International Women's Day.

It was not formal until a wartime strike in 1917 when Russian women demanded "bread and peace" - and the women's strike forced the Tsar to last four days and the provisional government gave women the right to vote.

The date when the women's strike on the Julian calendar, which was then in use in Russia, was Sunday 23 February. This day in the Gregorian calendar was 8 March - and when it is celebrated today.


What colors are the symbols of International Women's Day?


Purple, green and white are the colors of IWD according to the International Women's Day website.

"Purple signifies justice and dignity. Green symbolizes hope. White represents purity, albeit a controversial concept. The colors originated from the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in the UK in 1908," he says.


What is the IWD 2021 theme?



The United Nations announced its theme for 2021 as "Women in Leadership: A Kovid-19 Achieving a Equal Future in the World".

United Nations Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Nguka said: "We need women's representation that reflects all women and girls in their diversity and abilities and in all cultural, social, economic and political conditions. This is the only way From which we will get genuine prosecution. A change that makes women equal in decision making and benefits all of us. "

But there are other themes around. The International Women's Day website - which states that it is "designed to provide a platform for women to help bring positive change" - has chosen the #ChooseToChallenge theme and says it " People have to show your hands high. And that you are committed to challenge and call inequality ".