tirto.id - International Women's Day atau Hari Perempuan Internasional 2021 diperingati pada hari ini 8 Maret 2021. Hari Perempuan Internasional diperingati untuk menyoroti wanita dan hak-hak mereka.
Mulai awal tahun 1900-an, IWD adalah “hari global yang merayakan pencapaian sosial, ekonomi, budaya, dan politik perempuan. Hari itu juga menandai seruan untuk bertindak mempercepat kesetaraan perempuan," demikian menurut situs resmi IWD.
Tema International Women's Day 2021 adalah "Let's all choose to challenge".
“Kita semua bisa memilih untuk menantang dan menyerukan bias dan ketidaksetaraan gender. Kita semua dapat memilih untuk mencari dan merayakan pencapaian wanita."
"Secara kolektif, kita semua dapat membantu menciptakan dunia yang inklusif. Dari tantangan datanglah perubahan, jadi mari kita semua memilih untuk menantang,” kata situs web tersebut.
Berikut ini beberapa quote Hari Perempuan Internasional 2021 dan ucapan International Women's Day yang dikutip dari Hindustan Times dan Indian Express.
"A charming woman doesn’t follow the crowd; she is herself.” –Loretta Young
“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” – Michelle Obama, Former First Lady of the United States
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa, Activist
“A girl should be two things: Who and what she wants.” –Coco Chanel
“Feminism isn’t about making women strong. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.” –G.D. Anderson
“The best protection any woman can have is courage.” –Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“Where there is a woman, there is magic.” –Ntozake Shange
“Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.” Hillary Clinton, American politician
“After all those years as a woman hearing, ‘not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,’ almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, ‘I am enough.’” –Anna Quindlen
“Women are incredible in groups together. Terrifying. Men have nothing on them.” –Michael Hutchence
“You don’t have to play masculine to be a strong woman.” –Mary Elizabeth Winstead
"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." -Margaret Thatcher
"I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved." -B. R. Ambedkar
"I treasure you close to my heart. Here are my best wishes to you on International Women's Day 2021!"
"Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult." -Charlotte Whitton
"To the woman of my dreams, you fill my days with happiness and my world with love! Happy Women's Day 2021!"
"Women are the sustaining force of any society - they think of the children and the next generation's chances." -Margo MacDonald
"A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water." -Eleanor Roosevelt
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