Today, March 8, 2011 is the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, and both women and men around the world are joining together to celebrate economic, political and social achievements of women, as well as to draw attention to the continuing fight for women's causes.
According to InternationalWomansDay.com, the first International Woman's Day was held in 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, where more than 1 million women and men rallied for women's rights to work, vote, hold public office and end discrimination.
Since then, the day of celebration has spread around the world. Today, Google has joined the movement, not only with it's International Woman's Day-themed logo, but also to help organize women on bridges around the world—from the Millennium Bridge in London and the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City to the Barriere Bridge joining Rwanda and Congo.
Check out the video below, to get a better understanding of the event, and look at InternationalWomansDay.com to see how you can get involved.
- Alexandra Gekas, Associate Editor