--- title: International Women's Day: Watch Democrats' Event Online description: House Democrats will recognize the impact women workers have on the economy to honor International Women's Day canonical: https://time.com/4695351/international-womens-day-livestream-online-democrats/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-08T16:49:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:44:06.584Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Democrats Celebrate International Women's Day og:description: The event will recognize the impact women workers have on the economy og:url: https://time.com/4695351/international-womens-day-livestream-online-democrats/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3d21cd897fe3cb0/6988bd92656a3f7901bcf13f/nancy-pelosi2.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Holds Weekly News Conference On Capitol Hill og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Democrats Celebrate International Women's Day twitter:description: The event will recognize the impact women workers have on the economy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3d21cd897fe3cb0/6988bd92656a3f7901bcf13f/nancy-pelosi2.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: House Democrats Celebrate International Women's Day > Sponsored content. 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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill March 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. Aaron P. Bernstein—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 8, 2017 4:49 PM UTC House Democrats will honor [International Women’s Day](http://time.com/4694983/united-nations-international-womens-day/) with a celebration at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. The event will recognize the impact women workers have on the economy and the [Day Without A Woman](http://time.com/4693384/heres-what-a-day-without-women-would-really-look-like/), a national demonstration organized by the activists behind January’s [Women’s March](http://motto.time.com/4695030/international-womens-day-womens-march-strike/) that encourages women to abstain from work. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will join the Democratic Women’s Working Group and other Democratic lawmakers to mark the holiday. Event participants include representatives Linda Sanchez, Cheri Bustos, Lois Frankel, Barbara Lee, Katherine Clark, Brenda Lawrence and Pramila Jayapal. The women will “renew their commitment to women’s rights and equality in America and across the globe,” the Associated Press reports. The event is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. E.T. 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