20 Empowering Ideas on How to Celebrate Women's Equality Day

Women’s equality day is a celebration to commemorate the fight our older generations fought for women’s rights. It is originally celebrated to commemorate the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote based on gender. But nowadays, we celebrate Women’s Equality Day to empower women in so many areas including education, freedom of expressions, and career.

Women’s equality day is the best opportunity to support women in many areas of their lives. With that being said, the best way to celebrate the day is by empowering and lifting up women spirit as well as recognize their power and give them the spotlight. If you are looking for the best ways to celebrate National Women’s Equality day, you can take empowering ideas as we listed below.

Table of Contents

What is Women’s Equality Called?
Why Do You Celebrate Women’s Equality Day?
Ways on How to Celebrate Women’s Equality Day
Final Thoughts

What is Women’s Equality Called?

Women’s equality is called women’s equality for the fact that we should have equal rights and opportunities. The term feminism refers to a movement about respecting diverse women’s experiences, identities, knowledge and strengths, and striving to empower all women to achieve their full rights. It is a long going fight even in this modern era.

Why Do You Celebrate Women’s Equality Day?

We celebrate women’s equality day to remember the small win women get after fighting for their rights. August 26, 1920 is the first day for women in America gaining their rights to vote. It should be a basic human right and everyone should have it from the first place. But instead, we have to fight for it and the fight is still going for different areas in life. We celebrate this day both to remember the small win and remind us to keep fighting for more wins ahead.

Ways on How to Celebrate Women’s Equality Day

1. Support Women-Owned Businesses

One of the best ways to celebrate women equality day is by supporting women-owned businesses, especially local small businesses in your community. Even the smallest act of support means a lot to them as it can inspire them to do better, to keep on innovating, and keeping their businesses sustainable to support themselves as well as others. You can buy their products or gift cards and hand it as gifts for other women. This way, you give support to as many women as possible in your community.

2. Highlight Women Achievements at Work

Celebrating women’s equality day at work can be done by highlighting female employees. You can host an awarding night for women and give rewards and recognitions for every achievement and improvement they have done for the company. Congratulating them in the most sincere way can help them to feel acknowledged and supported, so they will have even more motivation to keep doing their best.

3. Recheck Your Company Policies

One thing to remember during the celebrations of women’s equality day is to make sure that you give them a safe space to grow and evolve. One of the things that you can consider is to recheck your company policies. Take a deeper look and see if the policies already support inclusivity and equality. And if you find any flaws in the policies that are not women friendly, you can adjust it for the better.

4. Ask Feedback from Female Employees

There is no better way to support women in the workplace other than asking feedback from the female employees themselves. They are the one walking the walk and feel the daily struggle as they give their best to the company. You can ask them for ways you can improve their experience and provide them with a better working environment.

5. Women for Women Mentorship Program

Want to lift up women to develop while giving spotlight to other women? You can start a women for women mentorship program. There are so many ideas you can cover including self development, business, financial education, and many more. It is a great way for women to support each other and lift up one another.

6. All Female Panel Webinar

Inspirations can impact the young generations in unimaginable ways. We never know the power of speech we heard from a webinar that may change someone’s life for good. This is the right time to invite inspiring women to speak in an all female panel webinar discussing topics that need to be covered. It is the right opportunity to give women spotlights and inspire others at the same time.

7. Distribute Free Girl Power Merchandise

We all love those t-shirts, socks, and stickers. They aren’t just cute but also empowering. It speaks to the soft power we all have inside and wearing those merchandise can be an uplifting way for both us and other women who see it. If you are feeling like supporting women in such cute ways, you can distribute girl power merchandise for free. Even cute stickers can make a woman’s day.

8. Organize a Collective Charity

Celebrating equal rights means providing equal access and opportunities. But sadly, we know that not all women are as lucky and have the same opportunity to have an ideal life and education. This is the right time to organize a collective charity to support women. You can gather donations and distribute it to those in need. It can be thematic for example, donations for education for young girls, or it can be covering basic and daily sanitary needs.

9. Gender Studies Reading Session

Education is key to the ideal equal society. And it is much needed both to give women better opportunities in life. If you still think that the reading session is for women only, you’re probably missing something important: men need to be educated in gender studies and equality, too. This is the right opportunity to sit together and relearn how we are supposed to treat each other equally.

10. Organize a Book Exchange

Books are important to expand our perception and keep us informed, but we know buying books can be expensive. One of the ways you can support each other is by exchanging books. It can be a fun activity where everybody brings the book of their choice and comes home with another book that is just as good. Lifting up each other and giving each other new perspectives to grow. There are some good books on women equality you can exchange such as The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, and Sexual Politics by Kate Millett.

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11. Community Empowering Program

On the anniversary of women winning the rights, you can hold an empowering program in your local community. There are so many ideas you can do. It can be a get together, a workshop, or discussion regarding women’s rights and how you can make it better as a community. The community members can share their personal experiences as well as struggles and let the other come up with ideas on how they can help.

12. Women Artist Exhibition

Female artists deserve more room and space to showcase their masterpieces. You can hold an art exhibition with a women’s equality day theme. Make an open call for female artists to collaborate. Curate the best art projects from female artists and hold a special exhibition highlighting their work. It is a creative and empowering move we all love. You can take inspiration from existing exhibitions such as the one organized by The Society of Women Artists.

13. All Female Music Festival

Related to the previous point, an all female music festival can be a fun thing to do too. It gives female musicians the stage they deserve and provides entertainment to the spectators. We can even give tributes to the most influential feminist musicians such as Bikini Kill, Hole, and Pussy Riot. It will be a rad festival where everyone is having fun and gaining power at the same time. Take a look at the greatest all female music festivals of all time including Loud Women Fest and Women Sound Off.

14. Art and Crafts Flea Market

Women are creative beings and we can do just so much with our creativity. Arts and crafts often become a salvation to channel creativity while giving us self actualisation opportunities. Art and crafts can even help us to keep going and survive the darkest time of our life. It can be so empowering, hence holding an art and crafts flea market can be one of the most fun ways to celebrate women’s equality day. Everyone is welcomed to showcase their creativity and support each other’s works like how Artist & Fleas do as a powerful community.

15. Women Social Media Take Over and Shoutouts

This is another simple yet empowering way you can celebrate women’s equality day. For example, if you are a business owner, you can hold a social media takeover for your female employee to hold Instagram live or story threads. You can also give shoutouts to the women in your life for their achievements and improvements.

16. Stand Up and Raise Your Voice

And of course, we cannot leave the march out of this list. It is a common theme that women walk together and raise their voice, because in the past, we didn’t even have the right to express our thoughts and opinions. And sadly, in some parts of the world, women are still restricted to be who they really are. Hence, an annual march is still very important to do. If you are unable to walk the walk, you can still raise your voice through social media hashtag because we know, it can be just as powerful. Walk and raise your voice along with the most inspiring women activists such as Malala Yousafzai who fight for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children.

17. Sign The Women’s Equality Day Petition

The fight seems still far from over. There are so many things we have to fight for in order to get a true equal society. One of the things highlighted during women’s equality day is the fact that this day is not even an official national holiday yet. We can help raise the voice and get proper recognition by signing up the petition to make August 26 a federal holiday. You can sign the petition and share it to as many people as possible.

18. Hands Women Equality Brochure and Flowers

Sometimes, the smallest acts speak the loudest. Handing out brochures seems to be an old-fashioned way to raise voices, but it is a great reminder that we in fact exist and we are still fighting. You can hand flowers along with the brochures to increase awareness. But of course if you think about the environment and want to do more environmentally-friendly acts, you can do it virtually.

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19. Visit Women’s Museum

You can find women’s museums in some countries and cities such as National Museum of Women in the Arts, Women’s Museum of California, and National Women’s History Museum. If you are able to visit one of those museums, do it. It is a great opportunity to learn history and remember where we were back in the days. Some museums have their own special events and in this place, every day is women’s equality day. You can join their events by attending the exhibition, workshops, story time, and many more.

20. Girl Friends Support

In the end, it is always good to go back to our roots. The best women to support are the ones closest to us. It is our mom, sisters, and best friends. On this special day, make sure you ask how they are doing, how’s their work/school life, and ask if there is anything you can do to make their journey a little easier. Ask about their dreams and ways you can help them make those dreams a reality. After all, we are stronger when we stick together.

Final Thoughts

In celebrating Women’s Equality Day there is one thing that we need to focus on and it is the ultimate goal. Today, it is more than just fighting for women’s rights but it is also the day to highlight the importance for women to support each other in every aspect of their life. If women stick together, they can create a strong bond and make the world a better place for them to express their thoughts, interests, and ideas. In addition, if we see women’s equality from a broader point of view, they also need support from men who can open their access and let women start to take their rightful place in society, side by side with men. In the end, men and women should walk together, right?

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How do you celebrate Women’s Equality Day at work?

You can hold a special awarding night for female employees’ achievements. You can also make the day special by giving them special treats or letting them leave the office early so they can join a march. Don’t forget to listen to their aspirations and ask if they have some thought on how to make the work culture in the office better.

How do you promote gender equality?

There are so many ways we can do to promote gender equality. It can be started with basic education and equal opportunities at work. There are so many issues regarding gender inequalities we need to resolve such as child marriage, access to healthcare, body positivity, and options women should have when it comes to birth control.

What are the positive effects of gender equality?

The positive impact of gender equality is not only for women, but for the overall society. It gives us the opportunity to grow as a safer and healthier community. It also prevents violence against women and even better economy sine we can discover great talents and leaderships from women. Moreover, it was also proven by statistics that the nation’s GDP increased when