The International Women’s Day – marked annually on March 8 – is a global event to celebrate and support women’s rights while calling for gender equality.
The first observance of women’s day on a national level took place in New York on February 28, 1909. It was marked on March 8 in several European countries in 1914 in support of women’s suffrage.
It became a truly global event when the United Nations began marking March 8 as International Women’s Day in 1975, focusing on the empowerment of women.
In solidarity with women worldwide Google celebrates the day
Our correspondent Amaka Okoye has the details
