Secretary Blinken to Deliver Remarks at International Women’s Day Celebration

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will deliver remarks in honor of International Women’s Day on Friday, March 8, at 4:30 p.m. ET at the U.S. Department of State during a celebration hosted by the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues.  Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Gender Policy Council Jennifer Klein, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, and 2024 International Women of Courage (IWOC) awardee Volha Harbunova of Belarus will also speak at the event.  This celebration will honor the strength and innumerable contributions of women and girls across the world, including the recipients of the 2024 IWOC award, and civil society. It also will underscore the U.S. commitment to elevating gender equality as fundamental to democracy and a U.S. foreign policy priority.

Remarks will be open to the press and streamed live on the Department homepage and YouTube Channel.

Final access for cameras, writers and photographers is 3:50 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance.  

Registered Media representatives may attend this event upon presentation of one of the following: (1) a U.S. Government-issued photo media credential (e.g., Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense or Foreign Press Center), or (2) an official photo identification card issued by their news organization, or (3) a letter from their employer on official letterhead verifying their current employment as a journalist.  Additionally, they must present an official government photo identification card (i.e., U.S. driver’s license or passport).

For additional information about this event, please contact the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues at StateGWI@state.gov.