International Women’s Day 2026

A selection of articles curated for International Women’s Day on March 8.

Updated - March 10, 2026 12:05 pm IST

The Hindu Bureau

Here is a collection of articles that celebrate women who have made a profound impact in their fields and communities. These are stories of individuals who have challenged deeply rooted societal norms, pushed against limitations, and persevered through personal and professional obstacles. Each narrative offers a glimpse into the resilience, determination, and quiet strength that define these women.

Together, they reveal the powerful force of feminine leadership that is steadily transforming the country—reshaping conversations, opening doors for others, and driving meaningful, lasting change in society.

Published - March 06, 2026 02:23 am IST

Collection - 40 stories

‘Fielding women is not the same as changing what Parliament talks about’

Transforming representation into real change by 2029

‘Wars and political instability further weakening the institutions for the protection of women’

Protecting women’s rights amid conflict and instability

Archana Ramasundaram

True to this Women’s Day’s theme, ‘Give to Gain’, one must encourage vigilance among the women in our lives to pay more attention to their bodies. Investing in women’s health is more than an act of equity. It is an investment from which families, workplaces, and the economy stand to gain.

The systemic invisibility of women’s midlife health

‘With a steady rise in accessible Internet, women bear the brunt of digital threats’

Balancing innovation with women’s digital safety

“As migration by men accelerates, agriculture is increasingly being ‘feminised’”

Rights, justice, action for India’s women farmers

Soumya Swaminathan,Elisabeth Faure

Members of the Karnataka Rajya Samyukta ASHA Karyakartheyara Sangha (Karnataka State ASHA workers union) arrive to take part in a protest against the State government at the Freedom Park in Bengaluru on February 27, 2026.

The need to recognise ‘volunteer’ care work

Renjini Rajagopalan

Recognising that women farmers often lack the bargaining power, visibility and market access required for meaningful participation in agriculture value chains, significant investments have been made in building and nurturing Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), Producer Groups (PGs), and Producer Enterprises (PEs) under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission programme. File

Gender, agriculture and climate change

Charanjit Singh

International Womens Day seamless pattern of diverse women faces. Colorful girl group background for equal rights march, feminist protest event or diversity concept.

Woman Uninterrupted | Putting on a face: The girl child - Episode 39

Illustration of young scientist woman. vector illustration.

Women’s Day Special | ‘The greatest freedom is intellectual independence’

P. Viji: stitching up rights for women

Malavika Unnikrishnan Menon

A still from the movie, Chak De India.

International Women’s Day

Amplifying women’s voices through movies

Rudrangsh Gupta

Menstrual health and hygiene was declared a fundamental right by the Supreme Court on January 30, 2026.

International Women’s Day

It’s ‘bloody’ normal, bro!

The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 doesn’t clearly address gender-based price discrimination.

The hidden price of being a woman

Attipalli Snija Thanishka Reddy,Putturu Hemanya

Representative photo

International Women’s Day

Class chores to exam scores: Gender equity must begin at school

Rosalind Franklin

Patriarchy, the Matilda effect, and the erasure of women in STEM

A Women’s Day poster in 1914 demanding voting rights for women.

International Women’s Day: when women marched for Bread and Roses

Mary Anderson was travelling through New York in 1902 when she noticed a streetcar driver struggling to see through the sleet and snow. What did she invent that is now standard in every automobile?

Quiz: Easy like Sunday morning — Wonderful women!

While women in India enter STEM education in large numbers, they are under-represented in scientific research jobs. Representative image.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Why India’s ‘leaky pipeline’ in research is unlike the rest of the world

Karishma S. Kaushik

(Left) Iranian filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi; and Indian filmmaker Sreemoyee Singh.

Her lens on Iran | Mahnaz Mohammadi and Sreemoyee Singh on filming hope in dark times

Tanushree Ghosh

All-Women Yakshagana troupes bring new energy to Karnataka’s folk theatre.

International Women’s Day: How women own the Yakshagana stage in Karnataka

A woman looks lout through a latticed window

Established by man, made by women – The story of Purani Dilli

International Women’s Day 2026

Once trapped in bonded labour, now stitching a livelihood of her own

Amirthavarshini Manishankar.

Women’s Day special: Meet thavil artiste Amirthavarshini Manishankar, who is making a name in the male-dominated world of percussion

Deepa Venkatraman

Artists at the residency

This exhibition ‘Shakti’ celebrates female power through textile art

Vidya Raju from Kochi rescuing a python stuck in a net

International Women’s Day: Meet a few certified women snake rescuers from Kerala

Players in action during a practice session

How the Telangana Women’s Rugby League is empowering girls through rugby

The rally aims to mobilise funds for womens development

UK businesswomen begin 1,000 km Chennai-Goa auto- rickshaw rally to support women and children

Chitradeepa Anantharam

The 16 longlisted titles

2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist ‘examines the messy business of being human’

Arundhathi Subramaniam

Arundhathi Subramaniam’s book of poetry launched by Prakriti Foundation in Chennai

Kamalika Chatterjee

Hilde Fålun Strøm in her trapper cabin in Bamsebu.

Meet the woman who’s on a climate mission to the North Pole

Shunali Khullar Shroff

(Far right) Nandini Bhowmik and other priests from Shubhamastu perform a ritual in Lake Gardens, Kolkata.

Column | Nandini Bhowmik: bridging the gap

Champion unto the last: Meenambal Sivaraj was the first woman president of South India Scheduled Castes Federation.

Meenambal Sivaraj: a trailblazer for Dalit rights and women empowerment

Geetha Srimathi

Webinar on women in tech to offer lessons on leadership and resilience

The Hindu Bureau

Textile reviver Pankaja Sethi’s creation

Women as producers, not beneficiaries: Honest hustle collective showcases 28 enterprises in Chennai

Chitradeepa Anantharam

A new generation of Indian women who are refusing to be held back by barriers.

Three young women talk about their journey in STEM

File photo: Women share a laugh as they sit on the street selling their apricots in the main market of Leh, Ladakh. (Image for representation)

Women’s Day | How the Indian woman spends her time and energy

Sruthi Darbhamulla,Gautam Nirmal Doshi

Women are increasingly visible, yet persistently interrupted.

How women negotiate the world

Emerging power: R. Sharukala (26), Tamil Nadu’s youngest panchayat president, is emblematic of the emerging generation of powerful women in local governance. In Venkatampatti in Tenkasi, she built a bridge to link an isolated SC habitation to the main village.

Onwards and upwards: women of Tamil Nadu claim their space in local administration

C. Palanivel Rajan

Handloom weaver Hariprasad and his wife Rekha showing the handwoven sari exemplifying ‘Nari Shakti’ in the textile town of Sircilla on Saturday.

Handloom weaver couple’s artistic tribute to ‘Nari Shakti’

Police constables with members of their family after the graduation ceremony in Hyderabad.

From traffic junctions to night patrols, Hyderabad’s women in uniform take the frontline

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