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International Women's Day
8 March


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Nursery experts and beneficiaries of a UN Women project in El Salvador, where
they work in an experimental nursery so they can grow their own crops.
Photo:UN Women Americas and the Caribbean


INVEST IN WOMEN: ACCELERATE PROGRESS

Achieving gender equality and women’s well-being in all aspects of life is more
crucial than ever if we want to create prosperous economies and a healthy
planet. However, we are facing a key challenge: the alarming $360 billion annual
deficit in gender-equality measures by 2030.

Join us on March 8, 2024, for International Women’s Day under the theme 'Invest
in women: Accelerate progress”, and take a stand with us using the hashtag
#InvestInWomen.


TAKE A STAND WITH US USING THE HASHTAG #INVESTINWOMEN

The official website of UN Women is the meeting point to mobilize, contribute,
read stories, and find material to spread the message through social networks.

Stories

 

Here are five key areas needing joint action:

 * Investing in women, a human rights issue: Time is running out. Gender
   equality is the greatest human rights challenge, benefiting everyone.
 * Ending poverty: Due to the COVID pandemic and conflicts, 75 million more
   people have fallen into severe poverty since 2020. Immediate action is
   crucial to prevent over 342 million women and girls living in poverty by
   2030.
 * Implementing gender-responsive financing: Conflicts and rising prices may
   lead 75% of countries to cut public spending by 2025, negatively impacting
   women and their essential services.
 * Shifting to a green economy and care society: The current economic system
   disproportionately affects women. Advocates propose a shift to a green
   economy and care society to amplify women's voices.
 * Supporting feminist change-makers: Despite leading efforts, feminist
   organizations receive only 0.13% of official development assistance.

This International Women’s Day, let’s unite to transform challenges into
opportunities and shape a better future for all!


DID YOU KNOW?

 * In 1984, Australia introduced the world’s first Women’s Budget Statement,
   paving the way for many others to follow suit.
 * There is an alarming lack of financing with a staggering USD 360 billion
   annual deficit in spending on gender-equality measures.
 * Just 5% of government aid is focused on tackling violence against women and
   girls, and less than 0.2% is directed to its prevention.


EVENTS

The Official UN International Women’s Day commemoration will be held in the
ECOSOC Chamber and live streamed on 8 March 2024, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am EST.


WHAT IS GENDER-RESPONSIVE BUDGETING?

Gender-responsive budgeting is a strategy that creates budgets that work for
everyone. By considering and analyzing the unique and diverse needs of every
person, gender-responsive budgets strive for a fair distribution of resources. 


MAKING INVESTMENT IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION A PRIORITY

The theme for UN Women's Day 2024 is aligned with the demands of the
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2023: ending
gender-based violence through adequate funding. Without ambitious investments to
scale-up prevention programmes, implement effective policies, and provide
support services to address violence against women and girls, countries will
fail to end gender-based violence by 2030.


WHY DO WE MARK INTERNATIONAL DAYS?

International days and weeks are occasions to educate the public on issues of
concern, to mobilize political will and resources to address global problems,
and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity. The existence of
international days predates the establishment of the United Nations, but the UN
has embraced them as a powerful advocacy tool. We also mark other UN
observances.

 

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