08 Mar Niniola on International Women’s Day 2018

Queen of Afro-House, Niniola, took to Instagram to celebrate women on this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD).

In particular, referring to exemplary female artists before her as Queens, she expressed gratitude for their groundbreaking contributions towards women in music.

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To every woman out there, to the Queens that paved the way for Us to stand and hold the Mic today, to all the women who at every point fought for us to have a say and stand Tall today I say HAPPY #INTERNATIONALWOMENSDAY …Really can't mention everyone because this space will never be enough…But Thank U…

A post shared by Niniola (Queen Of Afro-House) (@officialniniola) on Mar 8, 2018 at 6:18am PST

International Women’s Day (March 8) 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.

International Women’s Day (IWD) has been observed since the early 1900’s – a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies. International Women’s Day is a collective day of global celebration and a call for gender parity. No one government, NGO, charity, corporation, academic institution, women’s network or media hub is solely responsible for International Women’s Day. Many organizations declare an annual IWD theme that supports their specific agenda or cause, and some of these are adopted more widely with relevance than others.

Read more about IWD here