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?

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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/

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What Happened to Belen
Correa, Ana Elena.
Paper Book
"There are many women like Belén whose names we don't know, but whose stories are just as important. An uplifting chronicle of one woman's fight for justice."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Foreword by Margaret Atwood The heartbreaking true story of an Argentinian...
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...
The celestial wife : a novel
Howard, Leslie
Paper Book
A young fundamentalist Mormon girl facing a forced marriage escapes her strict, polygamist community and comes of age in the tumultuous 1960s in this captivating novel inspired by shockingly true events. Keep sweet no matter what, for this is the way to be lifted up ...
Women Living Deliciously
Given, Florence.
Paper Book
In this bold, illustrated guide, bestselling author and podcaster Florence Given encourages women to rediscover their joy, reject toxic wellness culture, and redefine feminism for themselves. Women Living Deliciously wants us to fall in love with our lives. It will help...
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
What was it like to start a feminist bookshop, in an industry dominated by men? How could a lesbian thrive in Thatcher's time, with the government legislating to restrict her rights? How do you run a business when your real aim is to change the world? Silver Moon was the dream...
Thirst : a novel
Yuszczuk, Marina
Paper Book
"Vampires are making a comeback, and Yuszczuk is spearheading their revival with this bloody novel." --The New York Times Book Review   It is the nineteenth century, the twilight of Europe's bloody bacchanals, and a vampire must escape. She arrives to the...
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, criticisms, 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...
Daughters of Chaos: A Novel
Fawkes, Jen.
Paper Book
Award-winning author Jen Fawkes's Daughters of Chaos is an epic novel about Civil War-era Nashville's "public women," a secret society spanning millennia, and the earth-shaking power of the female. "A beautiful spinning knife of a story that whirls back through the...
A little give : the unsung, unseen, undone work of women
Benjamin, Marina
Paper Book
Sometimes I think that carrying--other people, the continuity of history, generational identity, the emotional load of the everyday--is the main thing that women do. In Marina Benjamin's new set of interlinked essays, she turns her astute eye to the tasks once termed "women's work". From...
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...
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 : A Novel
Tara, Jane.
Paper Book
A self-help book wrapped in a funny, poignant novel, Tilda Is Visible is for anyone who has ever looked in the mirror and found fault within themselves. "Life-altering fiction . . . When Tilda realizes she's slowly, literally disappearing, she brings us along on a...
A Song for Afghanistan : The Diary of a Women's Writing Group
Paper Book
* A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week * 'A real-time, moving and intimate portrait of a year living under the Taliban' DUA LIPA'S SERVICE95 'An intimate, courageous chronicle of life' OBSERVER, BOOK OF THE DAY 'A hugely important book'...
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...
Awakening : #MeToo and the Global Fight for Women's Rights
Vogelstein, Rachel.
Paper Book
Foreword by Tarana Burke. Awakening chronicles the remarkable global impact of the #MeToo movement.   Since 2017, millions have joined the global movement known as #MeToo, catalyzing an unprecedented wave of women's activism powered by...
Daughters of Nantucket
Gerstenblatt, Julie
Paper Book
Set against Nantucket's Great Fire of 1846, this sweeping, emotional novel brings together three courageous women battling to save everything they hold dear . . . Nantucket in 1846 is an island set apart not just by its geography but by its unique circumstances. With their menfolk away at sea, often...
Watch us rise
Watson, Renée
Paper Book
"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." -Laurie Halse Anderson, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Speak "An extraordinary story of two indomitable...
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