08 marzo 2020
Campus Bilbao
The International Women's Day is celebrated on 8 March in many countries around the world, as a day when women are recognised for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political and acts of courage and determination by ordinary women, who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.
The world has made unprecedented advances, but no country has achieved gender equality: one in three women experience gender-based violence, legal restrictions have kept 2.7 billion women from accessing the same choice of jobs as men, less than 25 percent of parliamentarians were women.
This year's theme, I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights, is aligned with UN Women’s new multigenerational campaign, Generation Equality, which marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the most progressive roadmap for the empowerment of women and girls. Other major UN anniversaries, such as the 10th anniversary of the establishment of UN Women, among others, will be also celebrated this year.
Let’s make 2020 count for women and girls everywhere!
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