International Women's Day: 8th March - Tomorrow!

#48 Week 10

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Sigrun Sørumgård
March 07, 2025

Honor the achievements, history, and impact of women around the world on the journey toward equality!

  1. Which country was the first to give women the formal right to vote and in what year?

  2. What is the colour of International Women’s Day?

  3. Which European country introduced national suffrage first?

  4. In which country was a National Women’s Day first marked, on 28 February 1909?

  5. Which country was the first to legally require equal pay for men and women?

  6. What is the symbol often associated with International Women’s Day?

  7. Which woman, former United States secretary of state, famously said, “Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights”?

  8. What is the theme of the International Women’s Day in 2025?

  9. Which country had the first woman in the world to be elected head of state in a national election?

  10. Which U.S. state was the first to grant women the right to vote in 1869?

The Wonder Wall

  • 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.

  • Of the world’s 195 nations, only about 70 have had a female head of government or state, about 36%.

  • While the first official International Women's Day was celebrated in 1911, it wasn't until 1977 that the United Nations officially recognized March 8th as International Women's Day.

Yesterday´s Questions & Answers

  1. What is the largest island in the world?

    Greenland. Australia is technically an island because it is unconnected to any other body of land, but it is more commonly considered a continental landmass. Mainland Australia is more than three times the size of Greenland, which again is three times the size of Texas.

  2. Which island country is known as the "Land of the Rising Sun"?

    Japan. Land of the Rising Sun is a popular Western name for Japan.

  3. What is the name of the island that hosts the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta?

    Java, the world's most populous island. Jakarta is the largest metropole in Southeast Asia

  4. Which large island in the Caribbean is a U.S. territory but not a state?

    Puerto Rico (Spanish for 'rich port').

  5. What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?

    Sicily is the largest island located in the Mediterranean Sea, and belongs to Italy.

  6. Which Caribbean island is divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic?

    Hispaniola, second largest island of the West Indies, lying within the Greater Antilles, in the Caribbean Sea. It is divided politically into the Republic of Haiti (west) and the Dominican Republic (east).

  7. What is the name of the island where the city of Honolulu is located?

    Oʻahu is the third-largest and most populated island of the Hawaiian Islands and of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital, Honolulu, is on Oʻahu's southeast coast.

  8. What is the largest island in the Caribbean by land area?

    Cuba is the largest island country or territory in the Caribbean, with a total area of almost 111 thousand square kilometers, followed by the Dominican Republic, with nearly 49 thousand square kilometers.

  9. Which island is shared by three countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei?

    Borneo is the third largest island in the world. It is shared between three countries: Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.

  10. Which island in the Indian Ocean is home to the capital city of Port Louis?

    Port Louis, city, capital, and main port of the island of Mauritius in the western Indian Ocean.