The International Women’s Day 2024 will be observed tomorrow (Friday) across the country as elsewhere in the world with the theme ‘Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress’.
Marking the day, the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and different other women, social and political organisations have taken various programmes.
Ahead of International Women’s Day 2024, the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs brought out a colourful procession in the capital on Wednesday. State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Simeen Hussain Rimi led the procession.
Bangladeshi Journalists in International Media (BJIM) in partnership with Counterpart International hosted a talk at Alliance Française de Dhaka on Wednesday
Meanwhile, Department of Women and Gender Studies of Dhaka University arranged a discussion on Wednesday.
Pro-vice chancellor of the university Professor Dr. Sitesh Chandra Bachar attended the event as the chief guest with chairperson of the department Umme Bushra Fateha Sultana in the chair. Dean of Faculty of Social Science Professor Dr Zia Rahman and Poet Shamim Azad attended the event as special guests.
Professor Dr. Sitesh Chandra Bachar said that women must be educated to build a beautiful and developed society.
The International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on March 8 to recognise and honour the contribution of women.
The International Women’s Day was first celebrated on March 19 in 1911 in the United States and several European countries. In 1910, the second International Socialist Women’s Conference was held in Copenhagen, where the idea of an International Women’s Day was mooted by a German socialist Clara Zetkin. In 1913, International Women’s Day was shifted to March 8. In 1975, during International Women’s Year, the United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day on March 8.
The theme of International Women’s Day 2024 is ‘Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress’ and the theme was taken targeting economic disempowerment. However, the campaign theme for the same year is ‘Inspire Inclusion’.