Women’s Equality Day
- Women’s Equality Day is celebrated on August 26 throughout the world.
- It commemorates the passage of 19th Amendment in U.S. that provides equal rights to women including the right to vote.
- The Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was adopted in 1920.
- 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the day being observed in the U.S.
- It is observed across the world to encourage and spread awareness about women’s empowerment.
