International Women's Day is a date recognised by the UN, celebrated on March 8, and has its roots in the 20th century women's struggles for better working conditions, political rights and social equality. German activist Clara Zetkin was one of those responsible for making the date official, proposed in 1910 at the Second International Conference of Socialist Women.

Despite significant advances in recent decades, gender inequality is still a reality. Although we have made progress compared to the past, the numbers still show that gender equality is far from being achieved. 

This year "Accelerate Action" is a call for urgency, inclusion, and transformative change. It signals that equality cannot wait, and that all sectors of society must work together to quicken the pace of progress for women’s rights and empowerment. It was not only Covid, that affected women disproportionately but also the oncoming swing of America as well as many European countries to the right, which sadly also affects women negatively as well as disproportionally.

Here is a Website where you can find ways to be involved :

https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Missions/20724/key-ways-to-ACCELERATE-ACTION

International Women's Day, therefore, should not be treated just as a commemorative date, but rather as a moment of reflection and action.

Project can also be viewed on this address: https://www.behance.net/gallery/220503915/International-Womans-Day-2025

Women's Day 2025

Why must I destroy my reflection 

in order to succeed ?

Why do you want to control 

every part of me ?

I am breaking barriers hard to define 

I stand up for the oppressed 

As you try to imprison my mind

Don't tell me how to live

Don't tell me what to think 

Don't tell me how to dress

Don't tell me what to eat 

Don't tell me how to behave 

Don't tell me what to follow 

Don't tell me how to choose

Don't tell me what to learn

Don't tell me who to love 

Don't tell me who I am 

Don't tell me what to do

I'm a woman who doesn't need be told

I am women who doesn't need your control 

I am breaking the glass mirrors 

That reflected your hold 

I'm breaking barriers by telling 

my story loud and bold

Why do I need to fight for myself 

to have equality in this world ?

I will reclaim those pieces you

shattered within your command 

There is strength in the gathering 

to invigorate our dreams

There is strength in the gathering 

of our art and connecting words 

Sinead McGuigan