Women's Day with a strong message

  “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”

While any day makes for a great opportunity to celebrate the women in your life, International Women’s Day gives you one more reason to do exactly that. International Women’s Day is on March 8th, and is a global holiday that recognizes women’s incredible achievements, raises awareness and encourages others to advocate for gender equality.

Celebrating Woman is a way of feeling gratitude to the each and every woman in one’s life, be it in the professional or the personal life. International Women’s day is observed every year on 8th of March and it is observed around the world to celebrate the velour of women. In most of the country the day has been observed as a national holiday. Women from various cultural and ethnic groups come together crossing all the boundaries to remember their struggle of many decade for peace, justice, equality and development. The day allows women to raise her voice for an equal opportunity in whatever field she wants to participate in; same a man is provided with.

For 2022, the UN given theme is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, which aims to recognise women who are working to build a more sustainable future.

What does International Women's Day mean to me? Taking a moment to think about how far we’ve come in terms of gender equality. Educating myself and others about the harsh realities that many women in the world still suffer. Reminding people that one female Auditor-General in 170 years of history is not good enough. Taking responsibility for my own thoughts and actions, and actively challenging stereotypes or bias whenever I see them…