International Women's Day

The first celebration of Women's Day took place on February 28, 1909 in New York City - The United Nations began celebrating International Women's Day in the International Women's Year 1975

In 2024, over halfway to the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, as we commemorate International Women's Day, it is crucial to reflect on our collective journey towards gender equality and envision the path ahead.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on March 7 marked the occasion of March 8, International Women's Day.

"I congratulate all our women, who are the hopes of humanity with their love, efforts, and sacrifices, on March 8, International Women's Day," Erdoğan issued a message.

Some 2,000 asylum-seeker and refugee women met in Turkey's Central Anatolian province of Nevşehir on March 9 to mark the International Women's Day.

A staggering 477 women were killed and another 232 were injured at the hands of violent men in Turkey in 2018, according a report prepared by the Umut (Hope) Foundation, a prominent NGO dedicated to reducing personal gun ownership, ahead of International Women's Day on March 8.

As part of the March 8 International Women's Day celebrations, Pera Film will present "Shifting Perspectives," a collection of short films directed by women between March 8 and 30.

At least seven people were killed and 34 others were injured on March 7 when a bus carrying members of a labor union from the northwestern province of Bursa to Ankara suffered an accident in Bursa's İnegöl district, Doğan News Agency has reported.

As part of the 17th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival and in collaboration with the office of the European Parliament in Greece, a press conference will be held on Friday March 20, 2015, at 13:00, at the IANOS bookstore (Aristotelous 7), to commemorate International Women's Day, which was celebrated on March 8.

A joint statement by EC VP Frans Timmermans, EU High-Representative VP Federica Mogherini, EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU International Cooperation/Development Commissioner Neven Mimica, EU Employment/Social Affairs Commissioner Marianne Thyssen, EU Humanitarian Aid/Crisis Management Commissioner Christos Stylianides and EU Justice/Consumers/Gender Equality Commissioner Ver

BELGRADE - Women, who make up half of the population, should be actively involved in any changes that shape and affect their society, including conflict prevention and resolution, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, said on the occasion of International Women's Day on Sunday.