International Women’s Day is a day for recognizing women’s contribution to societies around the globe, both past and present, and for discussing their need for equal rights. While each country or entity celebrating the Day can select its own theme each year.

This year 2012, the United Nation’s theme for the day is “Empower Women – End Hunger and Poverty” with the organization hoping to focus attention on how women have been let down in developing economies. “Healthcare, education, gender inequality and limited access to credit, however, have posed a number of challenges for rural women” the UN said in a statement. http://hotnaijanews.com/2012/03/08/today-march-8-is-international-womens-day-empower-women-end-hunger-and-poverty/