Columbus, Ohio-based social enterprise, Welcoming City, with other nonprofit agencies will celebrate the 11^th Annual International Women’s Day in a global virtual event titled “Break the Bias” on Saturday, March 5, 2022, beginning at 12pm.

Registration for the virtual event is free, according to Guadalope A. Velesquez, managing director of Welcoming City.

Speakers include Wato D. Yattani, managing director, SixOne4 Construction Limited, Nairobi, Kenya; Evelin Mdahi Garcia Gudiel, former Consulate General of Guatemala, Columbus, Ohio; Cece Meadows, founder and CEO, PRADOS Beauty LLC, Las Cruces, New Mexico; Sera Koulabdara, executive director, Legacies of War, Washington DC; Sara Abu Rashed, Palestinian American Poet and Speaker, Columbus, Ohio and Barbara Fant, Award Winning Poet, Voice Over Talent, Host, Corporate and Nonprofit Storyteller, Columbus, Ohio.

Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s achievements or rally for women’s equality.

Marked annually on March 8th, International Women’s Day (IWD) is one of the most important days of the year to:

• celebrate women’s achievements
• raise awareness about women’s equality
• lobby for accelerated gender parity
• fundraise for female-focused charities

 “The campaign theme for International Women’s Day 2022 is #BreakTheBias. Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it difficult for women to move ahead. Knowing that bias exists isn’t enough. Action is needed to level the playing field,” said International Women’s Day website.