Many organizations, people and countries want international Women’s Day celebrated everywhere

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What is International Women’s Day?

The Christian Science Monitor

Friday is International Women’s Day. Google celebrated with a special banner.(Google) After more than 100 years, International Women’s Day draws millions to commemorate the advancements made in human rights and to discuss the challenges women continue to face in politics, education, employment, and more. Men all over the country acknowledge the women they love on International Women’s Day by presenting them with souvenirs and flowers.

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Pakistani women ride their bikes towards the city’s landmark Faisal Mosque to mark International Women’s Day in Islamabad on March 8, 2013. A group of determined women took to bikes Friday, riding through the Pakistani capital to highlight their rights and love of exercise in a culture. Shakila was murdered, shot in the back 13 months ago in the house where she worked as a maid for a wealthy local leader in one of the most progressive provinces of Afghanistan. Her murderer has never been arrested, and her family’s search for justice has laid bare the complex web of grinding poverty.’