This resource contains a fully editable and informative, simple text, 70-slide PowerPoint presentation on International Women’s Day. It is an ideal resource for International Women’s Day / Women’s History Month for primary school pupils.

The presentation focuses on:

The origins of International Women’s Day

The Suffragette Movement and key players - Clara Zetkin, Emmeline Pankhurst, Emily Wilding Davison and Millicent Fawcett

Inspiring women and girls - Anne Frank, Florence Nightingale, J.K. Rowling, Rosa Parks, Mother Theresa, Harriet Tubman, Amelia Earhart, Joan of Arc, Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace, Elizabeth Blackwell, Mary Seacole, Dorothy Hughes, Billie Jean King, Mae Jemison, Malala Yousafzai, Agnes Baden-Powell and Greta Thunberg.

World Economic Forum and the Gender Equality Gap

The United Nations International Women’s Day theme

Men supporters of gender equality

The presentation also includes numerous links to videos about International Women’s Day and and the contributions and achievements of individual people and groups of people.

Please note, the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself.

A more detailed version of this resource, more appropriate for secondary pupils, is also available:

International Womens Day - Secondary

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