{"id":14037,"date":"2025-03-06T11:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T11:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/?p=14037"},"modified":"2025-03-06T11:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T11:35:45","slug":"international-womens-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/2025\/03\/06\/international-womens-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomenuk.org\/get-involved-iwd\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2021\/01\/SDG5-Gender-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"SDG5 - Gender orange and white infographic with a male and female sign entwined\" class=\"wp-image-4018\" style=\"width:309px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2021\/01\/SDG5-Gender-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2021\/01\/SDG5-Gender-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2021\/01\/SDG5-Gender-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2021\/01\/SDG5-Gender-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2021\/01\/SDG5-Gender.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomenuk.org\/get-involved-iwd\/\">International Women\u2019s Day 2025<\/a> &#8211; For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saturday 8th March 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\/goal5\">SDGs Goal 5 &#8211; Gender Equality<\/a><\/strong>. An opportunity to reflect on progress made, to call for change, and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International Women\u2019s Day 2025, will be celebrated under the theme &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalwomensday.com\/Theme\">Accelerate Action<\/a>&#8221; the urgency of addressing systemic barriers to gender equality takes center stage. 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