International Women's Day News

The Aspiring Women's Network is calling upon the women of Ilkley and beyond to celebrate International Women's Day by attending its 'Inspiring Change' event on Saturday, from 10am to noon at the Wheatley Arms.

There were calls for more dialogue and action on missing and murdered aboriginal women at an International Women's Day march in Toronto Saturday.

To some other news... In commemoration of International Women's Day, the leader of the Joint Trade Union Movement is calling on the government to ratify Convention 189 of the International Labour Organisation, which seeks rights for domestic workers... Mainly women.

The Parti Quebecois released an election platform on Saturday that put the proposed charter of values and protecting the French language at the top of its list of priorities.

Paris police say they arrested six women Saturday for baring their breasts and more outside the pointy-pyramid entrance to the museum in front of dumbstruck, applauding tourists.

Hundreds of people across the borough celebrated International Women's Day today as they marched through the streets of Walthamstow.

Paris police say they arrested six women Saturday for baring their breasts and more outside the pointy-pyramid entrance to the museum in front of dumbstruck, applauding tourists.

About two dozen Iraqi women demonstrated on Saturday in Baghdad against a draft law approved by the Iraqi cabinet that would permit the marriage of nine-year-old girls and automatically give child custody to fathers.

As a mother, I realize the importance of cooking for my family - it is a positive and rewarding part of my life.

The great-great granddaughter of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst followed in her ancestral footsteps today by leading a feminist march through London.

In 1914, war came to the Home Front. Journalist Kate Adie's new book explores the legacy of women in World War One With many items in the news centring on crimes against women, International Women's Day seems to be more essential than ever.

The day to celebrate and glorify the importance of woman and womanhood has arrived.

A series of events to mark the role of women during the First World War are to take place this month, coinciding with International Women's Day.

The British Heart Foundation said too few women are aware that it is the biggest killer of women and more needs to be done to raise awareness that it is not just a man's disease.

International Women's Day is coming up on March 8, with men and women worldwide celebrating gains in women's social and political issues and economic advancement.

Two women's beer organizations, the Pink Boots Society from the United States and Project Venus from the United Kingdom, have teamed up to create a global, all-female brew day on March 8 in order to raise awareness of women in the industry.

Kolianita Alfred and her son John Alfred celebrate International Women's Day at the Hilton Special School yesterday.

The potential 2016 presidential candidate galvanized the U.N. commemoration of International Women's Day, repeating her resounding declaration as first lady at the 1995 U.N. women's conference in Beijing that "human rights are women's rights - and women's rights are human rights."

Hillary Rodham Clinton, called women's rights the "greatest unfinished business of the 21st century," in a speech Friday at the UN in observance of International Women's Day 2014 where she said that while huge progress has been made since the 1995 Beijing Women's Conference, there's still a long way to full equality.

March 8 is International Women's Day , a celebration of women's achievements and a day wherein I reflect on how many hurdles women still face in society.