--- description: Today's Google doodle celebrates International Women's Day on March 8. title: Today's Google Doodle Celebrates International Women's Day image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Google Celebrates International Women's Day with Google Doodle Video  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 7, 2014 5:51 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 7, 2014 5:51 PM CUT Today’s Google doodle honors International Women’s Day, which takes place on March 8th, with a video featuring more than 100 influential women from all over the world. Some highlights from the search engine’s full list of participants ([posted here](http://www.google.com/doodles/international-womens-day-2014 "undefined")): * Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of Lithuania * Easkey Britton, Surfer and the first woman to surf in Iran, PhD and doctoral candidate, Ireland * Jenny Chan, Ella Wong & Ching Hoi Man, Spokeswomen, Hong Kong * Mara Gabrilli, Congresswoman & Brazil’s spokesperson for people with disabilities, Brazil * Ashaji, Holds a Guinness World Record as most recorded artist in music history, India * Dora the Explorer In a description of the video on YouTube, Google refers to “our continued effort for doodle diversity and inclusion,” arguably a response to a recent [SPARK report](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/27/google-doodle-more-like-google-dude-le/ "undefined") that said 80% of doodles were of men and 20% were of women, while only 22% of doodles depicted people of color. The SPARK report [stated](http://www.sparksummit.com/2014/02/27/doodleus/ "undefined"), Google doodles “have emerged as a new manifestation of who we value as a society, a sign of who ‘matters.'” Recently, Google doodles worldwide have honored women such as Underground Railroad operator Harriet Tubman, Victorian poet Elizabeth Browning, and Girls Day in Japan. **WATCH:** [How Google Makes a Doodle](http://time.com/8410/google-doodle-valentines-day/ "undefined") **LIST:** [The 25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century](http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2029774,00.html "undefined") **LIST:** [16 of History’s Most Rebellious Women](http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2057714%5F2251980,00.html "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/15953/google-celebrates-international-womens-day-with-google-doodle-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/15953/google-celebrates-international-womens-day-with-google-doodle-video/"},"headline":"Google Celebrates International Women's Day with Google Doodle Video","datePublished":"2014-03-07T17:51:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:36.030Z","description":"The doodle may be a response to critics who say Google doodles are not diverse enough.","url":"https://time.com/15953/google-celebrates-international-womens-day-with-google-doodle-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","World"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/15953/google-celebrates-international-womens-day-with-google-doodle-video/","name":"Google Celebrates International Women's Day with Google Doodle Video"}}]}] ```