'Equal love': Odisha's sand artist creates artwork to mark International Women's Day

On occasion of International Women's day, internationally acclaimed sand artist Manas Kumar Sahoo marked day with a stunning creation at Golden beach in Puri, Odisha. According to a local media report, sand art is 15 feet wide and to create art piece approximately 15 tonnes of sand was used. art also displays a mess that re, 'Let's share equal love and respect'. 

Sahoo sculpted pictures of women from different communities and religion in his sand art. While speaking to media outlet, Sahoo said that he wanted to convey support to concept of equality with his art piece. He furr ded that women, being major part of population, should also have equal rights, get equal opportunities and deserve equal respect and love in society and thorough sand art.

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'Change can happen through collective activism'

International Women's Day is observed every year on March 8 in a bid to celebrate women's movement and struggle for equality. This year day is celebrated in wake of 25th anniversary of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which is termed by UN Women as 'most visionary nda for women's right and empowerment everywhere'. According to UN Women, me for this year is 'I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women's Rights'. 

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International Women's Day furr endorses need and necessity to kwledge every woman in every aspect of life, be it in household or in public domain. UN Women, with ir Generation Equality campaign, is also bringing toger people of every , , ethnicity, race, religion and country to drive actions that will create -equal world. organisation also aims to mobilize to end -based violence.

A statement on official website of UN Women re, “From Liberian women’s sex strike paving way for peace to Icelandic “Women’s Day Off” demanding ecomic equality to global impact of #MeToo movement, history has taught us that change can happen through collective activism”.

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