A number of different countries will also celebrate International Women's Day by participating in the HeForShe campaign, including Mexico.


According to Yucatan.com, Mexican actor Arap Bethke was recently appointed as a spokesman for HeForShe a campaign developed by the United Nations Women that seeks to galvanize people to become agents of change to achieve gender equality.

In addition, the HeForShe Mexico twitter account is encouraging people to tweet from March 5 to 8 using the hashtag #HeForSheMX."

Others can participate by tweeting out the HeForShe.org website, making a donation and sending a story, video or image about gender equality.

International Women's Day, which takes place on March 8, was first celebrated in 1911 to stand up for the rights of women and eliminate discrimination, reports the Huffington Post.

Emma Watson is one of the millions who will take part in celebrating International's Women's Day on Sunday. To honor this day, which recognizes global issues surrounding the fight for gender equality, the English actress is hosting a HeForShe live Q&A in London, starting at 1 p.m. EST.

Watson, who was appointed as the United Nations Women's Goodwill Ambassador last year, made an announcement about the Q&A in a homemade video that was posted on her Facebook page, reports Mirror.co.uk.

"Sunday the 8th march it's International Women's Day. It's very exciting and I hope that you will also be excited because I am going to be conducting a live Q&A in London answering your questions about gender equality," said the 24-year-old bare-faced actress in the video.

"If you can't be there in person, Facebook are live streaming the event, which is very exciting, and I hope you will tune in and watch," she adds.

According to its website, the HeForShe Campaign is "a solidarity movement for gender equality that brings together one half of humanity in support of the other half of humanity, for the benefit of all."

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