International Women’s Day
The International Women’s Day Breakfast is an annual event spanning more than 25 years that convenes every year to celebrate Feminism in Boston. The planning committee, chaired by Mass NOW, includes over 50 partner organizations.
International Women’s Day Throughout the Years
2025: Action in Unity: Celebrating Women’s Collective Power
📷 Mayor’s Office
📷 Mayor’s Office
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📷 Mayor’s Office
📷 Mayor’s Office
2024: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
📷 Mayor’s Office
📷 Kathy Lucas
📷 Kathy Lucas
2023: Celebrating the Past, Planning for the Future
📷 Mayor’s Office
📷 Mayor’s Office
Virtual breakfast
📷 Mayor’s Office
📷 Mayor’s Office
📷 Mayor’s Office
📷 Mayor’s Office
📷 Mayor’s Office
2022: Unpacking the 'Shecession': Reimagining a New Workforce for a New World
📷 Kathy Lucas
📷 Kathy Lucas
The International Women’s Day Planning Committee pivoted to virtual breakfast programming for a few years!
Virtual breakfast
2021: Resilience and Regeneration: A Racial Justice and Feminist Recovery
2019: Feminists Take on Immigration: Addressing Root Causes, Urgent Needs, and Long Term Solutions
2018: Speaking Up and Out: Women Reshaping the Media Narrative
2017: Responding to Changing Policies: Engaging Women’s Voices
2016: When Women Set the Agenda: Equal Pay, Paid Family Leave & Childcare
2014: Moving Women’s Wages Forward: Locally & Globally
📷 Kathy Lucas
2015: Making Women’s Rights Real
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📷 Kathy Lucas
2013: Women and Hunger: Putting Food on the Table
2012: Ending Violence Against Women: Pathways to Power, Resilience & Leadership
2011: Unequal Treatment Under the Law: Women in the Criminal Justice System
2010: Women’s Role in the Green Economy
2009: Who Owns Your Food & Water Globally & Locally
2008: Women’s Economic Self-Sufficiency: Globally & Locally
2007: Creating Equality in Women’s Health
2006: Shifting the Paradigm: Paths to Women’s Political Leadership in the U.S.
2005: Affirming the Platform for Action
2004: Implications of the World Social Forum for Women’s Lives
2003: Perspectives on Women’s Health
2002: Raising Awareness and Empowering Women Through the Visual Arts
2001: Personal Stories from Working Women from Around the World
2000: RCC-A Panel of International Women
1999: Global Video Conference - A World Free of Violence Against Women Community Forum-Promoting and Celebrating Women’s Human Rights in Mass and Around the World
