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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, March 4, 2016 | 16 INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY MARCH 8, 2016 Celebration and recognition of women worldwide International Women's Day has been observed since the early 20th century. The event was celebrated on the last Sunday of February until 1913. Women around the world also began celebrating this special day each year in their own ways. During a time of great upheaval and the imminence of World War I, the newly named International Women's Day was moved to March 8 and it remains to be celebrated on this day every year. Since its inception, International Women's Day has grown to become a global day of celebration and recognition of women across the world. It is now an of cial holiday in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Zambia. In some countries, men celebrate the accomplishments of women by offering owers and small gifts. Others celglobal hub and encourages advocacy for women's advancement everywhere in every way. It calls for challenging the status quo and pledging to take a concrete step towards gender parity more quickly. It calls for pledging to help women and girls achieve their ambitions, for gener-balanced leadership, respect and values, with the hopes of developing more inclusive and exible cultures and to root out workplace bias. Each of us can be a leader within our own spheres of in uence by committing to take pragmatic action to accelerate gender parity. 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