March 8 is International Women's Day (IWD). IWD is a global day recognizing and celebrating women’s and girls’ social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. IWD is also a time to raise awareness of the progress made towards achieving gender equality and the work remaining to be done.

IWD 2025 campaign theme is 'Accelerate Action'.

Accelerate Action is a worldwide call to acknowledge strategies, resources, and activity that positively impact women's advancement, and to support and elevate their implementation.

Significant barriers to gender equality remain, yet with the right action and support, positive progress can be made for women everywhere.

Together we can #AccelerateAction for gender equality. One of the best ways to forge gender equality is to understand what works and to do more of this, faster.

International Women's Day Toolkit

Help mark International Women's Day in your community.

Visit the IWD website to download digital tools and resources to help you celebrate IWD in Quinte West and accelerate women's equality with activities throughout the year.

Government of Canada resources

Achieving gender equality and women’s well-being in all aspects of life is more crucial than ever if we want to create prosperous economies and a healthy planet.

Here are five key areas for joint action:

• Investing in women, a human rights issue: Time is running out. Gender equality is the greatest human rights challenge, benefiting everyone.
• Ending poverty: Due to the COVID pandemic and conflicts, 75 million more people have fallen into severe poverty since 2020. Immediate action is crucial to prevent over 342 million women and girls living in poverty by 2030.
• Implementing gender-responsive financing: Conflicts and rising prices may lead 75% of countries to cut public spending by 2025, negatively impacting women and their essential services.
• Shifting to a green economy and care society: The current economic system disproportionately affects women. Advocates propose a shift to a green economy and care society to amplify women's voices.
• Supporting feminist change-makers: Despite leading efforts, feminist organizations receive only 0.13% of official development assistance.

Celebrating International Women's Day in Quinte West & Area

Celebrate International Women's Day with the Small Business Centre

March 6, 2025
Venue 1906
34 Victoria Ave, Belleville
5:00PM - 8:00PM
Admission: $10

International Women's Day Gala Hosted by BPW H&PE and UNAC Quinte

The Professional Women’s Club of Hasting and Prince Edward, together with the United Nations Association in Canada’s Quinte branch, will honour three inspiring local women at the dinner on March 6th. This year we have added a silent auction and door prizes to the event for more fun. Click here for more information.

Celebrate International Women's Day at the Loyola School of Adult and Continuing Education

March 8, 2025
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Loyola School of Adult & Continuing Education, Belleville
Free Admission