International Women's Day 2026

International Women's Day 2026 theme is 'Give To Gain'

When we give, we gain.

Together, let's help forge gender equality through abundant giving.

The IWD 2026 Give To Gain Campaign encourages a mindset of generosity and collaboration.

Give To Gain emphasizes the power of reciprocity and support. When people, organizations, and communities give generously, opportunities and support for women increase. Giving is not a subtraction, it's intentional multiplication. When women thrive, we all rise.

Whether through donations, knowledge, resources, infrastructure, visibility, advocacy, education, training, mentoring, or time, contributing to women's advancement helps create a more supportive and interconnected world.

What will you Give to Gain gender equality?

https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

Updated February 19, 2026
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Rebel girl : my life as a feminist punk
Hanna, Kathleen
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Hey girlfriend I got a proposition goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want Kathleen Hanna's...
Sick of it : the global fight for women's health
Harman, Sophie
Paper Book
A powerful call to confront the reasons why politics is jeopardising women's health across the world, by a prize-winning academic'Radical and thought-provoking, this book should drive us all to action - and the author tells us how' Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain...
Trailblazer : Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon - the First Feminist to Change Our World
Robinson, Jane
Paper Book
'What a lot we have to thank Barbara Bodichon and her circle for. She was a charismatic but self-effacing woman so she would at the very least have been perplexed by the idea of being a role model. But I can't think of a better one for today.' - Literary Review '...
Women living deliciously
Given, Florence.
Paper Book
The bluestockings : a history of the first women's movement
Gibson, Susannah
Paper Book
In England in the 1700s, a woman who was an intellectual, spoke out, or wrote professionally was considered unnatural. After all, as the wisdom of the era dictated, a clever woman--if there were such a thing--would never make a good wife. But a circle of women called the Bluestockings did...
A bookshop of one's own : how a group of women set out to change the world
Cholmeley, Jane
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards, Christopher Bland Prize and The People's Book Prize A Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024 An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction Book The captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's...
Thirst
Yuszczuk, Marina.
Paper Book
Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting yearning that will not let them rest. A breakout, genre-blurring novel from one of the most exciting new voices of Latin America's feminist Gothic. In the nineteenth century, a vampire arrives...
Men Have Called Her Crazy : A Memoir
Tendler, Anna Marie.
Paper Book
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* "This book is so many things I didn't know I needed: a testament to the work of healing, a raw howl of anger, and an indictment of misogyny's insipid, predictable, infuriating reign." --Carmen Maria Machado, author of the National Book Award...
I'll Just Be Five More Minutes : And Other Tales from My ADHD Brain
Farris, Emily.
Paper Book
A hilariously-honest, heartwarming essay collection about life, love, and discovering you have ADHD at age 35   Despite being a published writer with a family, a gaggle of internet fans, and (most shockingly) a mortgage, Emily Farris could never get...
Feminist's Guide to ADHD
Maschke, Janina.
Paper Book
An empowering, feminist guide to understanding and managing ADHD for women, written by a popular millennial doctor with ADHD. ADHD affects women in unique ways. Discover how to deal with it - and how to thrive - in this empowering guide. Whether you have...
Alice Sadie Celine
Blakley-Cartwright, Sarah
Paper Book
"Obsessed!" --Chloë Sevigny "I am literally obsessed." --Busy Philipps Hailed as "richly intimate" and "wickedly delightful" (The New York Times Book Review), this steamy and incisive debut adult novel follows one woman's affair with her daughter's best friend,...
Opinions : a decade of arguments, criticism, and minding other people's business
Gay, Roxane
Paper Book
From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, "a strikingly fresh cultural critic" (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her thought-provoking essays on culture, politics, and everything in between. Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad Feminist...
Deficit: How Feminist Economics Can Change Our World
Holten, Emma.
Paper Book
*AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* WINNER OF THE POLITIKEN LITERATURE PRIZE 2024 'Brilliantly rewrites the history of economic thought to place 'her story' at its heart. A must-read' - Kate Raworth, author of DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS 'One of the most important feminist...
(un)kind
Smith, Victoria
Paper Book
The other side : a story of women in art and the spirit world
Higgie, Jennifer
Paper Book
The first major work of art history to focus on women artists and their engagement with the spirit world, by the author of The Mirror and the Palette. It's not so long ago that a woman's expressed interest in other realms would have ruined her reputation, or even killed...
Time of our lives : celebrating older women
Kirkman, Maggie
Paper Book
Time of Our Lives presents the extraordinary lives of ordinary women in their seventies, eighties and nineties, challenging the stereotype of the helpless old woman who is nothing more than a burden. The first collection of its kind in Australia, it demonstrates the rich lives led by 21 women of...
Shakespeare's sisters : four women who wrote the Renaissance
Targoff, Ramie
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * A BOSTON GLOBE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to...
Tilda is visible
Tara, Jane
Paper Book
'Pitch-perfect.' Kathy Lette 'Fresh, funny, smart and warm.' Rachael Johns 'Delightfully original.' Joanna Nell 'Oh, my heart! What a story! I feel so seen.' Josephine Moon 'Clever, layered, funny.' Vanessa McCausland 'Genuinely empowering.' Julietta Henderson 'I...
All in Her Head : How Gender Bias Harms Women's Mental Health
Pratt, Misty
Paper Book
This provocative, deeply personal book explores how women experience mental health care differently than men--and lays out how the system must change for women to flourish. Why are so many women feeling anxious, stressed out, and depressed, and why are they not getting the...
Rage becomes her : the power of women's anger
Chemaly, Soraya L.
Paper Book
***A BEST BOOK OF 2018 SELECTION*** NPR * The Washington Post * Book Riot * Autostraddle * Psychology Today ***A BEST FEMINIST BOOK SELECTION*** Refinery 29, Book Riot, Autostraddle, BITCH Rage...
Wing: the compelling new novel from the award winning author
Gemmell, Nikki
Paper Book
An explosive, contemporary literary thriller from international bestselling author Nikki Gemmell - Wing is Lord of the Flies meets Picnic at Hanging Rock meets Promising Young Woman. Students from an elite girls' school go on a camping trip into the Australian bush. Four of...
Daughters of Nantucket
Gerstenblatt, Julie
Paper Book
"Gerstenblatt's distinctive tale, a triumph in storytelling, celebrates the courage and tenacity of women." --Booklist, starred review Set against Nantucket's Great Fire of 1846, this sweeping, emotional novel brings together three courageous women battling to save...
Watch us rise
Watson, Renée
Ebook
A stirring and unputdownable read about what it means to be a woman today. Perfect for fans of Moxie and The Hate U Give.'This stunning book is the story I've been waiting for my whole life; where girls rise up to claim their space with joy and power. I resolve to give...

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