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Happy International Women's Day!🌟

It’s International Women’s Day y’all!

As we join in celebrating the incredible achievements of women worldwide, we're thrilled to reiterate our unwavering dedication to gender equality and inclusion.

Happy International Women's Day


A miniature history lesson on IWD

Today marks a holiday that began on March 8th, 1857 with the first organized working women’s strike against unfair working conditions and wages in the textile industry in New York City. On March 8th, 1908, we were again reminded of our fight towards gender equity, on a day of protest for women’s suffrage and better pay. We observed our first unofficial Women’s Day in the US in 1909, honored it first in Denmark, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland in 1911, and marked it as a full month in 2011.

Now, “IWD is an official holiday in many countries including Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (for women only), Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women only), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal (for women only), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Zambia” (Source).

We continue to celebrate this holiday to recognize the achievements for the universal social, political, and economic liberation of women and all peoples affected by gendered oppression. This holiday also marks a continued push for the global liberation of women, one that recognizes that women are still largely affected by the wage gap, access to education, disproportionate rates of violence, and social stigma.

RESPECT FOR WOMEN!


Celebrating IWD here at DEV

Through endeavors like our we_coded campaign, our aim remains steadfast: to nurture a culture in tech where diversity is not just embraced but celebrated, folks feel welcome and included, and where we are empowered to be our best selves. In order to create this environment, we are dependent on lovely people like yourself!

Highlights from the we_coded collection:

In honor of IWD, we wanted to share some inspiring #wecoded stories! Explore some early highlights from this year's campaign and peruse the contributions of past years' celebrations.

Read the full collection here:

#wecoded

we_coded is a celebration of individuals who are underrepresented and otherwise marginalized in software development on the basis of gender: including women, transgender, nonbinary, gender non-conforming, and two spirit people.

Contribute to the collection

When you're ready, we hope you'll be part of the conversation and add your unique story to our ever-growing collection! ❤️ For full instructions, check out our announcement post:


Here's to a joyful International Women's Day, from all of us here at The DEV Team! 🚀👩‍💻


Research Sources:
https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Activity/15586/The-history-of-IWD
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/international-womens-day.html#:~:text=Also%20on%20March%208%2C%201908,observed%20as%20International%20Women's%20Day.
https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day/background

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Michelle Mello

That's amazing! Happy Womens day!

Will look foward to all posts in this!

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Mohammed

This picture of Margaret Hamilton next to the code for the Apollo 11 lander is just mind-bending.

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Happy Women's Day.

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Michael Tharrington

That is absolutely incredible! 🤯

How many sheets of paper do you think that is? It would be super cool if they put that code on GitHub, haha.

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Mohammed

I'd estimate around 7000+. Didn't do any math, just speculating :)

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Thomas Bnt

Happy Womens daay 🙌

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Ana Maria | Tecnologia

Feliz Dia Internacional da Mulher! Obrigada por indicar meu artigo! Happy we_coded!

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Christine Belzie

Happy International Women's Day! :)

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Ekaterine Mitagvaria

Happy Women's Day! 🙌🏻

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Michael Tharrington

Woot woot! Happy Women's day everybody.

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Marcel.L

Happy Womens day! Let's all recognize women's contributions in tech, emphasizing the ongoing necessity for gender equality and inclusion, paving the way for a more diverse and innovative industry :)