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March 8 is in 2025, dedicated to celebrating women all over the world and promoting gender equality. But in the age of greater social awareness and global citizenship, talking about women鈥檚 rights (and human rights in general) shouldn鈥檛 be limited to one day.

The more your students engage with women鈥檚 issues and achievements on an every day basis, the more they can do to shape an inclusive future world. Plus, the more awareness they鈥檒l have to contribute to other movements, and help other communities that are marginalised.

Use these five activities to integrate International Women鈥檚 Day into your curriculum throughout the year. Doing so means you keep important conversations going about social justice, and you and your students get to have some fun!

1. 鈥榃omen on this day鈥�

You can do this activity with your students on any day throughout the year. Simply ask students to research a woman who was born or who did something significant on the same date - i.e. November 21st - in history. The idea is to connect the present and past, and demonstrate to students how much women contribute to the world on a daily basis.

Students could present their findings back to the class in the form of a presentation, poster, video or another format that aligns with their chosen figure and her legacy. Examples of women that students could highlight include:

• On December 21, 1991, Aung San Suu Kyi received the Nobel Peace Prize
• On June 30, 1905, revolutionary artist Frida Kahlo was born
• On March 23, 1965, Betty Friedan published "The Feminine Mystique"
• On January 1, 1863, Hattie Mozell McDaniel became the first African-American Oscar winner

The women that students celebrate don鈥檛 have to be famous - they could also choose a local community leader to celebrate.

2. Portraits of powerful women

Dedicate a space in your classroom as a gallery for students to make and hang photos, drawings or stories of women that inspire them. They could add these items to the gallery at different times of the year or after art/media classes where they鈥檝e been working on their gallery project. When a portrait is added, students can explain to the class why they chose that woman, what she did, how her work is still felt today, and what other people have done to follow in her footsteps.

At the end of the year, students can host a gallery show, inviting students and teachers from other classes. You could make an event of it, including soft drinks and snacks, and invite members of local women鈥檚 groups, giving students the chance to meet and talk to influential women within their local community.

3. 鈥楪uess who?鈥� game

This fun roleplay activity will put your students鈥� theatrical skills to the test.

Choose a selection of well-known women鈥檚 names and write them on individual pieces of paper, then mix them in a bowl and ask students to pull a name. They have ten minutes to research the name, make notes and gather as much information as they can.

Once everyone is ready with their notes, students take it in turns to be asked questions by their classmates. They have to respond as the woman they researched, using 鈥淚鈥� statements. The goal is for the class to guess who the woman is before the five minutes run out.

For example, if a student selected Marie Curie, the game might go like this:

鈥淲hat kind of job do you have?鈥�

鈥淚 am a physicist and chemist.鈥�

鈥淲here were you born?鈥�

鈥淚 was born in Poland, but I spent a lot of my life in France.鈥�

The game not only gets your class engaged in women鈥檚 stories in a dynamic way, it can introduce them to women they may not know, revealing details of their life along the way.

4. STEM leaders

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths is an area of learning that notably lacks female role models. In the STEM workforce, women make up just - so it鈥檚 important to empower female students when it comes to STEM subjects.

Start by encouraging girls in the class to lead class activities or projects in STEM subjects. They could give presentations, direct activities or recommend resources for a STEM topic. The main objective is to let girls show their peers how to succeed in different ways in STEM, and to normalise female leaders in STEM for everyone in the class.

A cool structure you could suggest to girl students is to organise a weekly 鈥楽cience Sisters鈥� club for younger students. These clubs could be for boys and girls, but have the older girls share insights about coding, building robotics, and conducting safe experiments.

To provide students with role models, contact school alumni who are studying or working in STEM areas. You could arrange for them to return to the school to talk to students and share their STEM experiences.

5. Talk about emotional intelligence

Emotional intelligence is one of women鈥檚 biggest strengths. Of course, men have emotional intelligence but aren鈥檛 always given access to spaces and support systems that allow them to nurture it.

Speak to your students about what emotional intelligence is, how it can be expressed, and how it connects to impact in the world, i.e. being empathetic and resilient. You could set up regular check-ins with your students to talk about how they feel and what they do with those feelings. The motivation is to teach girls and boys alike to emotionally regulate, and feel secure in moments of hardship, as well as create meaningful, healthy relationships with the people around them.

This activity relates to International Women鈥檚 Day as it deepens students鈥� understanding of themselves, of others, as well as the social dynamics in the world.

Every day for everyone

International Women鈥檚 Day should be viewed as a special day, but its teachings should be spread across the calendar to really drive equality. The above activities show your students how everyday activism can accumulate to force big changes.

Further reading

Keep your classroom conscious! Read Celebrating International Women and Girls in Science Day, Five inspiring women in education for International Women鈥檚 Day, and How to achieve gender equity in classroom participation.

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