This year's theme for the International Day,"Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world", celebrates the incredible efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNESCO New Delhi joins its voice to that of the entire UN family in India by celebrating 2021 International Women's Day.
International Women's Day is an occasion to celebrate the progress made towards achieving gender equality and women's empowerment but also to critically reflect on those accomplishments and strive for a greater momentum towards gender equality worldwide. It is a day to recognize the extraordinary acts of women and to stand together, as a united force, to advance gender equality around the world.
