Happy International Women's Day 2022: Women's Day is celebrated to honour womanhood and the achievements of Women. The day also aims to highlight the importance of gender neutral society.

International Women's Day is being celebrated today on March 8 across the globe. The day aims to highlight the achievements made by women in different areas. The day also aims to create awareness about gender discrimination in society. According to the website of International Women's Day, purple, green, and white are the colours of IWD.

On this International Women's Day, women across the globe will celebrate and bring rejoice in the social, cultural, economic, and political achievements made by them. To mark the occasion, several rallies, discussions, and public programmes are organised, where women from different parts of the country will take part.

History of International Women's Day :

As we all know that International Women's Day carries a lot of importance in the modern era. However, did you know that the day has been observed since the early 1900s.

Back in 1908, a total of 15,000 women initiated a march through the New York city US in order to demand good pay, shorter work hours, and voting rights. For the first time, National Women's day across the United States was observed on February 28. The day was celebrated on the last Sunday of February until 1913.

Now, in 1911, countries like Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland were honoured with International Women's Day on March 19.

Russian women observed their first International Women's Day on February 23, which is also the eve of World War 1 and the last Sunday in February.

Soon after that, as per the Gregorian calendar, International Women's Day was agreed to be marked annually on March 8. Since then, the day has been celebrated with great zeal across the globe.

The United Nations celebrated the first International Women's Day in 1975. In 1996, the UN announced their first annual theme as "Celebrating the Past, Planning for the Future".

Shattering the shackles of patriarchy, women, in the contemporary era, are achieving their desired goals, dreams and standing shoulder-to-shoulder with men. Daily, we see women wearing different hats as professional workers, caretakers, hawkers in the train, or vegetable vendors, proving that their ability to work in every field is far greater than assumed. 

“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish," said former US First Lady Michelle Obama and the sheer will of women to be at equal standards with men proves her quote true. As we see in our daily lives, women can play many roles. From being a mother to a daughter, a wife, a sister, a boss in the office, a coworker or a friend, women leave no stone unturned when it comes to proving themselves.

To commemorate the never-dying spirit of women, every year, International Women's Day is observed on March 8. People pay tribute to the grit, determination and courage of a woman’s capability by celebrating this day and the achievements and accomplishments made by women in social, economic, cultural, and political spheres. One of the main agendas of International Women's Day is to create awareness of gender equality and create a gender-neutral society.

However, the world majorly emphasises people working in the showbiz industry, top-notch honchos, influential intellectuals and this could be a motivating factor for millions and billions in gender. But, we forget about the unsung heroes we come across in our day-to-day lives, including rickshaw pullers, domestic help, caretakers, vegetable vendors and many others.