International Women’s Day 2023: How IITs, IIMs, universities are celebrating this year

NEW DELHI: The world is celebrating International Women’s Day 2023 today, March 8, to commemorate the social, economical, cultural and political achievements of women. The first International Women's Day was marked by over a million people in countries like Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland on March 19, 1911. The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.

United Nations’ 67th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67), an annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment, is being held between March 6 and 17 under the theme, “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”.

International Women’s Day celebrations

Punjabi University’s Department of Education and Community Services organized a speech competition on International Women's Day in association with the Center for Women's Studies. The competition was on the theme of 'gender equality'.

ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਦੇ ਸਿੱਖਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਸਮੁਦਾਇ ਸੇਵਾਵਾਂ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਨੇ ਨਾਰੀ ਅਧਿਐਨ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਦੇ ਸਹਿਯੋਗ ਨਾਲ ਕੌਮਾਂਤਰੀ ਮਹਿਲਾ ਦਿਹਾੜੇ ਦੇ ਸੰਬੰਧ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਭਾਸ਼ਣ ਮੁਕਾਬਲਾ ਕਰਵਾਇਆ। ਇਹ ਮੁਕਾਬਲਾ 'ਲਿੰਗਕ ਬਰਾਬਰੀ' ਦੇ ਵਿਸ਼ੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਸੀ। #punjabiuniversity #InternationalWomensDay @arvind_iiserm @daljitami pic.twitter.com/JQHFN75zAs

— Punjabi University, Patiala (@PbiUniPatiala) March 6, 2023

The university's centre for women’s studies will also be celebrating the event on March 10 with Preeti Chawla, ex-vicechairperson of Haryana state commission for women.

On the occasion of International Women's Day and Holi, Lucknow University did celebrations in Nivedita Women's Hostel where women employees of all departments and women hostels were honored by vice chancellor Professor Alok Rai's wife, Sangeeta Rai.

निवेदिता महिला छात्रावास में अर्न्तराष्ट्रीय महिला दिवस एवं होली के उपलक्ष्य में समस्त विभाग एवं महिला छात्रावास की महिला कर्मचारियों को माननीय कुलपति प्रो आलोक राय की धर्मपत्नी श्रीमती संगीता राय जी ने किया सम्मानित। pic.twitter.com/Sq2fMnr6bj

— Dean Students’ Welfare, UoL (@dswlkouniv) March 6, 2023

Ashoka University’s economics professor Ashwini Deshpande talked about the significance of International women’s day 2023 in the new episode of the university’s podcast.

In the new episode of #AshokaPodcast, Prof. Ashwini Deshpande (@_ADeshpande), Founding Director of @CedaAshoka, is in conversation with Akshi Chawla (@akshichawla), Associate Editor and Senior Programme Manager at the CEDA, about the significance of #InternationalWomensDay. pic.twitter.com/SX6RRKd6GI

— Ashoka University (@AshokaUniv) March 7, 2023