International Women's Day

Congress passed a proclamation in 1987 establishing March as Women's History Month.

One comedian tweeted, "in honor of international men's day i will watch one of the jackass films this evening."

International Women's Day is celebrated each year on March 8 to acknowledge the achievements of women and push for further equality and representation.

"You're Meghan Markle, married to Prince Harry?" one of the students asked in disbelief.

The artists behind the Google Doodle wanted to show how much the women's rights movement has grown since the Suffragettes.

Quotes from some of the most successful women from America.

"Orange Is the New Black," "Marriage Story," "Bird Box" and "Roma" are among the many titles featured in the collection.

Advocates of the annual celebration on social media said it encourages many men to discuss mental health, while others criticized the event as unnecessary.

Knock on a door long enough and eventually a man opens it and says, "What do you want?"

The theme of 2019's International Women's Day is "Balance for Better," referring to gender balance. 

Coinciding with International Women's Day, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei fired off on the West's "deviant model" for women.

Countries all around the world are celebrating moms in March.

Emma Stone topped the list of highest paid n 2017.

On International Women's Day, a closer look at what the president has and hasn't done for women.

For International Women's Day, the streaming platform announced the latest attempt to address gender disparity in the music industry.

May McAleese said: "We don't want to be what the Pope describes as 'the strawberry on the cake.'"

If my family hadn't fled Afghanistan, I would have had just a 17 percent possibility of being literate.

Gloria Steinem on #MeToo and her own experiences with sexual harassment. (Note to men: She bites)

Gloria Steinem spent International Women's Day encouraging girls' education.

Dubbed "A Day Without a Woman," the nationwide events were modeled in part after pro-immigrant demonstrations on Feb. 16, the latest in a series of anti-Trump protests since his Nov. 8 election.

Gloria Steinem says she spent the day protesting online.

On International Women's Day, we can't afford to talk about domestic violence without talking about guns, the author writes.

"130 million girls not going to school and we are in the 21st century—it's staggering," says the triple Grammy winner.

Analysts warn that recent government actions do not look supportive of women's rights.

Women who are able to are encouraged to refrain from working on this International Women's Day.

A new exhibition shares the suffering and strength of Iraq's Yazidi women.

The president will venture out of Moscow and focus on a traditional theme to mark the holiday for the women of Russia.

Helen Pankhurst slams Tory minister Priti Patel's comparison between suffragette campaign and Brexit.

Watson and Whitaker launched the HeForShe Arts Week on Tuesday, which was International Women's Day.

The Russian leader claimed his country marks the holiday like no other place in the world.