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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Born : a history of childbirth
Inglis, Lucy
Paper Book
'Shaped by meticulous research, Inglis writes with clarity, pace and a sharp eye for surprising details.' - Alice Loxton, author of Eighteen and Uproar 'Deeply researched, smart, poignant, and witty.' - Karen Bloom Gevirtz, author of The Apothecary's Wife<...
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
'A roadmap for a new generation' VOGUE 'Radical, funny and fearless' VANITY FAIR THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An electric, searing memoir by the original Riot Grrrl and legendary frontwoman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre Kathleen Hanna's rallying cry to...
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...
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 ...
On strike against God
Russ, Joanna
Paper Book
Women living deliciously
Given, Florence.
Paper Book
ARE YOU READY TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR LIFE? THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A bold and empowering exploration of self-love... Think of it as a winter shot of self-esteem' GLAMOUR ...
Bluestockings : the first women's movement
Gibson, Susannah
Paper Book
A NEW YORKER AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Sophisticated, rich and skilful . . . highlights the extraordinary place these women carved out for themselves against the odds' New Statesman 'Remarkable . . . The...
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 : 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...
Fearless beatrice faust: ; sex, feminism and body politics
Brett, Judith.
Paper Book
'Beatrice Faust', said Helen Garner, 'is not scared of anybody.' Faust was the transformative feminist activist, writer and intellectual who founded the Women's Electoral Lobby in Melbourne in 1972. She campaigned for abortion law reform, and thought, talked and wrote about sex and...
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
'Gay has an ability to blend the personal and political in a way that feels simultaneously gentle and brutal . . . you look at a cultural moment through Gay's eyes and, by the end, you see the world differently' Arwa Mahdawi, GuardianSince the publication of the groundbreaking Bad...
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 : how 'be kind' entrenches sexism
Smith, Victoria
Paper Book
'Victoria Smith is a brilliant writer who every feminist should read' Sharron Davies 'This brilliant book shows how demands for compassion and generosity can be a mask for sexist ideology' Susanna Rustin A brilliantly witty and insightful analysis of how...
A little give : the unsung, unseen, undone work of women
Benjamin, Marina
CD
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...
Brooke shields is not allowed to get old
Shields, Brooke
Paper Book
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...
Rage becomes her : the power of women's anger
Chemaly, Soraya
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...
Awakening
Stone, Meighan
Paper Book
'YOU'LL BE MOVED BY THE BRAVE WOMEN IN AWAKENING' MALALA YOUSAFZAI'AWAKENING GOES WHERE NO BOOK HAS GONE BEFORE. INSPRIRING, INSIGHTFUL, PROFOUNDLY MOVING' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON#MeToo #EnaZeda #MieuPrimeiroAssedio #tystnadtagning #ArewaMeToo<...
Patriarchy Inc.: ; What We Get Wrong About Gender Equality and Why Men Still Win at Work
Fine, Cordelia.
Paper Book
'You should read this book' Philippa Gregory - The most lucrative industries are male-dominated - yet half of men think they're the ones being discriminated against. - Post #MeToo, we're all committed to stamping out sexual harassment - but not to changing the...
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...
Unfinished revolution: the feminist fightback
Haussegger, Virginia.
Paper Book
In 1975 the fight was alive. It was the year the United Nations declared ' International Women' s Year' as a marker of progress and aspiration. Fifty years on, award-winning journalist Virginia Haussegger shines a light on the feminist revolution in Australia, capturing its spirited momentum and a...

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