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Monday marks International Women’s Day, an annual commemoration of women, civil awareness, anti-sexism and anti-discrimination.
The day’s campaign theme for 2021 is #ChooseToChallenge, which organizers hope will inspire many to examine and challenge biases and stereotypes, as well as hold up and celebrate women s achievements. A challenged world is an alert world, the International Women s Day website says. We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality.
Celebrations for International Women s Day this year have gone virtual in light of the pandemic, and the International Women s Day website notes the many different events occurring in the 47 countries listed as observing the holiday.