UN Women has announced the theme of International Women’s Day 2024: Count Her In: Accelerating gender equality through economic empowerment as a means to realising women’s rights and gender equality globally.

Sam Mostyn AO, Chair of the Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce and Besa Deda, Chief Economist of Westpac’s Business Bank joined Simone Clarke, CEO of UN Women Australia for the announcement of the International Women's Day 2024 theme this week.  CEO of UN Women Australia Simone Clarke said that it was important for women to be empowered to earn and manage their income and be afforded equal access to finance.  Simone stressed the importance of ensuring all women have equal access, capacity and capability to fully participate in the economy. This requires shifting behaviours and perceptions that inhibit economic participation and limit investment in women.  Increasing women’s economic empowerment means economies grow, children and families prosper, and women have resources available to leave abusive situations.

In searching online for IWD2024 you may come across another theme: #InspireInclusion.  This not the official United Nations theme and it isn’t clear who is behind this International Women's Day website