Countries around the world are celebrating International Women's Day (IWD) on Wednesday, March 8.
世界各国将于 3 月 8 日星期三庆祝国际妇女节 (IWD)。
 
The United Nations says the theme it is celebrating this year is DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.
联合国表示，今年庆祝的主题是DigitALL：促进性别平等的创新和技术。
 
The U.N. says that from the earliest days of computing, women have contributed to information technology. But, it says those contributions have been little recognized or valued.
联合国表示，从计算机出现的最初阶段开始，女性就为信息技术做出了贡献。但是，它表示这些贡献几乎没有得到认可或重视。
 
The international organization says 37 percent of women do not use the internet. It also says 259 million fewer women than men have access to the internet. Yet, women account for very close to half the world's population. The U.N. says women are largely underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers.
该国际组织表示，37% 的女性不使用互联网。它还表示，女性上网人数比男性少 2.59 亿。然而，妇女占世界人口的近一半。联合国表示，女性在科学、技术、工程和数学职业中的代表性基本上不足。
 
"Bringing women into technology results in more creative solutions and has greater potential for innovations that meet women's needs and promote gender equality," says the U.N.'s website.
联合国网站说：“让女性参与技术会产生更具创造性的解决方案，并具有更大的创新潜力，以满足女性的需求并促进性别平等。”
 
For this year's International Women's Day, U.S. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement, "Let us work together – across governments, the private sector and civil society – to build a more inclusive, just, and prosperous world for women, girls, men, and boys everywhere."
对于今年的国际妇女节，美国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯在一份声明中说：“让我们携手合作——跨政府、私营部门和民间社会——为妇女、女孩、到处都是男人和男孩。”
 
What Is International Women's Day?
什么是国际妇女节？
 
The IWD has its roots in the social and labor movement in the United States.
IWD 起源于美国的社会和劳工运动。
 
It began in New York City on March 8, 1857, when female workers marched in protest of unfair working conditions and unequal rights in clothing factories. The workers called for a shorter workday and better pay, the National Archives says.
它始于 1857 年 3 月 8 日的纽约市，当时女工游行抗议服装厂不公平的工作条件和不平等的权利。国家档案馆称，工人们要求缩短工作时间并提高工资。
 
On March 8 of 1908, women workers again marched through New York City to protest child labor and poor working conditions, and demand women's right to vote.
1908 年 3 月 8 日，女工再次在纽约市游行，抗议童工和恶劣的工作条件，并要求妇女获得投票权。
 
The first recorded celebration internationally was on March 19, 1911, in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. At that time, over a million people came out to support women's rights.
第一次有记录的国际庆祝活动是 1911 年 3 月 19 日在奥地利、丹麦、德国和瑞士举行的。当时有超过一百万人出来支持女权。
 
After World War II, several countries started to celebrate women's day on March 8. Two years later, the U.N. officially declared that date as International Women's Day in 1977. Some countries, including China, Russia and Uganda, also recognize it as a public holiday.
二战后，几个国家开始在3月8日庆祝妇女节。两年后，联合国于1977年正式宣布这一天为国际妇女节。包括中国、俄罗斯和乌干达在内的一些国家也承认这一天为公共假期.
 
Past U.N. celebrations have included the issues of climate change, rural women and HIV/AIDS.
过去的联合国庆祝活动包括气候变化、农村妇女和艾滋病毒/艾滋病等问题。
 
And, since 2007, the U.S. State Department has presented the International Women of Courage Award to more than 180 women in 80 countries.
而且，自 2007 年以来，美国国务院已向 80 个国家的 180 多名女性颁发了国际女性勇气奖。