International Women’s Day 2025
This year’s theme “Accelerate Action” hopes to speed up progress worldwide to achieve gender parity. IWD is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality.
More information: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/
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