International Women’s Day, Themes, and Events for 2022

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The theme of International Women’s Day 2022 has shown solidarity as selfies of people making ‘x’ signs using their arms on social media. Moreover, #BreaktheBias is the campaign theme for 2022 Women’s Day. It points out the individual and combined intolerance against women that embarks gender imbalance.

The website of International Women’s Day issued a statement. It says intolerance makes it challenging for women to move forward in the event of intentional or senseless. Knowledge of injustice and inequality isn’t enough. More actions are needed to balance the playing field. The following is important information about International Women’s Day 2022.

Major objectives to celebrate International Women’s Day

The Women’s Day website said that International Women’s Day takes place every year on March 8. Women celebrate events from around the world to show their social, cultural, political, and economic achievements. Moreover, the event also demands more actions to empower gender balance.

History of International Women’s Day event

The women’s rights movement in industrializing countries provided a path to celebrate the day during the 1900s. In 1909, the American Socialist Party announced and celebrated the first National Women’s Day. The day was observed until February 1913.

The idea of an International Women’s Day was submitted and approved in 1910 at the 2nd International Conference of Working Women. A number of women from the activist and political sectors have participated in the conference in Copenhagen.

International Women’s Day was first observed in the US and several European countries on March 19, 1911. The first celebrations featured events and rallies demanding women’s right to vote and the termination of gender intolerances.

Moreover, the date of March 8 was dedicated to celebrating International Women’s Day in 1914. The day was moved to join with Russian women who celebrate the day according to the Gregorian calendar on February 23. It is noteworthy that the United Nations first acknowledged International Women’s Day in 1975.

International Women’s Day Celebration Events

Women around the world celebrate International Women’s Day in many different ways. The celebration often features participation in all styles and modes of digital & in-person social gatherings.

Most events include art exhibitions, festivals, and awards ceremonies. However, governmental, non-governmental, and corporate institutions also organize International Women’s Day.

A nonprofit Toastmaster International has planned to host the current year’s event including a webinar featuring women in leadership. The local women in Kalamazoo County are also celebrating a virtual event, which has shown a remarkable change during the pandemic.

The website of International Women’s Day offers a handsome search list of events scheduled to take place around the world. This website was launched in 2001 and the major objectives were creating annual themes and arranging campaigns.

Themes and Colors for International Women’s Day

The theme of 2021 was #ChooseToChallenge, which offered hope to encourage people to challenge gender concepts and intolerance.

However, the theme of 2022 is #BreakTheBias, which asks the world to carry out ideas of partisanship against women at home and in workplaces.

The campaign also demands people to show their support for the day. People are now posting selfies on social media platforms with crossed arms and hashtags #IWD 2022 and #BreakTheBias.

However, most people traditionally wear a purple dress on International Women’s Day. But the website has indicated that purple, green, and white colors are dedicated to International Women’s Day.

It is important that people can submit their selfies directly to the website of International Women’s Day.