#IWD2025

8 March 2025

International Women's Day 2025: Accelerate Action

Collectively, we can Accelerate Action for gender equality.

Step forward in solidarity for International Women's Day (IWD) 2025 on March 8 to help #AccelerateAction.

At the current rate of progress, it will take until 2158, which is roughly five generations from now, to reach full gender parity, according to data from the World Economic Forum.

Focusing on the need to Accelerate Action emphasises the importance of taking swift and decisive steps to achieve gender equality. It calls for increased momentum and urgency in addressing the systemic barriers and biases that women face, both in personal and professional spheres.

So, together, let's Accelerate Action to speed up the rate of progress worldwide.

International Women's day poster 2025 [11mb]

International Women's Day

6 March 2008

Celebrate International Women's Day at an event near you.

Each year International Women's Day is celebrated across the globe on 8 March. It is a widely celebrated as an opportunity to draw attention to the struggle for women's rights, to link these up with women's struggles worldwide and to demonstrate international sisterly solidarity with working women everywhere.

A woman's place is in the union Please check the website for information about the significance of the day and for details of any events being held near you. UCU has produced a wall-chart to commemorate the day, which you can download below, or order a hard copy by emailing: eqadmin@ucu.org.uk

UCU International Woman's Day wallchart - large high-resolution version [5mb]

We would be pleased to hear about any activity your branch or local association are planning to mark this day. To celebrate International Women's Day, UCU produced a film entitled 'A woman's place is in the union' to raise awareness and to encourage UCU women to play an active role within the union at local as well as national level. The film is accompanied by a postcard [123kb] which can be ordered from: eqadmin@ucu.org.uk

Equal pay

We have produced a set of questions to help you identify whether you may have an equal pay or other discrimination claim: Getting equal pay – questions that might help [119kb]