- Rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai features in doodle providing 'a glimpse' of what some women across the world are doing.
- Google celebrated International Women's Day with a homepage doodle featuring footage of women from around the world including the education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai and the British businesswoman and charity worker, Camila Batmanghelidjh.
- The search engine's creative team put together the doodle, which features 27 female chromosomes and a video package with the faces of more than 100 women as well as a musical soundtrack from the Belgian-Congolese vocal group Zap Mama. Others who make an appearance include the President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė.
- The doodle was designed by Google with the intention of providing "a glimpse" of what some women across the world are doing and to focus in a positive way on their lives.
Important to note:
- 8th March is observed as International Women Day every year.
- International women’s day is also called Working women’s day.
- International Women's Day has been observed since in the early 1900s, a time of turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.
- The first National Woman's Day (NWD) in the US was observed across the United States on 28 February, 1909.
- Clara Zetkin, a German Social Democrat, tabled the idea of an International Women's Day in 1910 during an international conference on women's rights in Copenhagen.
- The first International Women's Day was observed in 1911.
International Women's Day Official UN Themes
| Year | UN Theme |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Celebrating the Past, Planning for the Future |
| 1997 | Women and the Peace Table |
| 1998 | Women and Human Rights |
| 1999 | World Free of Violence Against Women |
| 2000 | Women Uniting for Peace |
| 2001 | Women and Peace: Women Managing Conflicts |
| 2002 | Afghan Women Today: Realities and Opportunities |
| 2003 | Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals |
| 2004 | Women and HIV/AIDS |
| 2005 | Gender Equality Beyond 2005; Building a More Secure Future |
| 2006 | Women in Decision-making |
| 2007 | Ending Impunity for Violence Against Women and Girls |
| 2008 | Investing in Women and Girls |
| 2009 | Women and Men United to End Violence Against Women and Girls |
| 2010 | Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All |
| 2011 | Equal Access to Education, Training, and Science and Technology: Pathway to Decent Work for Women |
| 2012 | Empower Rural Women, End Poverty and Hunger |
| 2013 | A Promise is a Promise: Time for Action to End Violence Against Women |
| 2014 | Inspiring Change |
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