International Women's Day
Every year, 8 March is dedicated to gender equality: on International Women's Day, women's rights are celebrated and demanded with events and demonstrations around the world. The focus is on gender equality in all areas of life.
The history of International Women's Day dates back to 1910. For more than 100 years, people have been calling for action and demonstrating worldwide on this day every year. The history of 8 March and why International Women's Day is a day of feminist struggle is explained in this five-minute-video (in german).
To this day, women are confronted with inequality, disadvantage and discrimination on a daily basis. For example, not only do fewer women engage in paid work (‘gender employment gap’), they also have lower hourly wages (‘gender pay gap’) and work fewer paid hours per month (‘gender hours gap’). Counteracting these inequalities is a key task of gender equality work and will remain so in the coming years.
International Women's Day 2026
Every year, the University of Hamburg hosts an event to mark International Women's Day. In 2026, the Equity Unit, together with the Equality and Diversity Department of the MIN Faculty and Pro Exzellenzia lead, invited Teresa Bücker to give a lecture on 18 March 2026: "Timelessly unfair! Why we need new concepts of time for our work and our lives!"
The event will be held in German. Further information and the link to register can be found on the German page.