International Women's Strike

For other uses, see Women's strike (disambiguation).

International Women's Strike
Demonstrators in Santa Fe, Argentina, where the protest was called Paro Internacional de Mujeres

The International Women's Strike, also known as Paro Internacional de Mujeres, is a global movement coordinated across over 50 countries on International Women's Day, that started in 2017 and 2018.[1] The United Nations announced the theme of "Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030", calling for gender equality around the globe.[2] In the United States, the strike was branded as "Day Without a Woman".[3]

  1. ^ "About the IWS – womenstrikeus.org". www.womenstrikeus.org. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  2. ^ "International Women's Day 2017". UN Women. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  3. ^ Cooney, Samantha (2017). "Meet the Organizers Behind the Upcoming Worldwide Women's Strike". Motto. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.