Mar 08, 2023

International Women's Day 2023

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Happy International Women’s Day 2023!

Purple G with small stars and circles around it

The Story

About the International Women's Day 2023 Doodle

Today’s Doodle honors International Women's Day 2023 by celebrating many ways in which women support women. The vignettes within each “GOOGLE” letter highlight just a few of the many areas in which women around the world support each other to progress and improve each other's quality of life.

Making this Doodle

Thoughts from the Artist

Today’s Doodle was illustrated by Doodle artist, Alyssa Winans. Click through to explore her thoughts on the making of this Doodle.

Q&A

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Why is this International Women’s Day meaningful to you personally?

Our theme this year was “women supporting women”, so I was able to spend a lot of time reflecting on all the ways I’ve been supported by the other women in my life. I’m the youngest of three girls, so since birth I’ve always benefited from the wisdom and support of those who came before me! I’m grateful for that and all the ways I see women in my life standing up for each other and their values.

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Did any of your personal life experiences inform the direction of the illustration? If so, how?

Only tangentially! My one life certainly can’t capture the full range of what being a woman is. One thing I was thinking about is that a few people around me in the past few years have had children, and have started talking about how complicated it was to navigate. Breastfeeding? Formula? In public? Workplaces? So I did want to use one of the letters for two women feeding their children on the homepage as a nod to that experience.

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What do you hope people around the world will think and feel when they see this Doodle?

I know the full experience of what it means to be a woman certainly can’t all be captured in one image, so I hope it’s merely a jumping off point to reflect on how broad, complex, nuanced, and powerful the notion of womanhood is.

Where this Doodle appeared

The Doodle International Women's Day 2023 launched Mar 08, 2023

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International Women's Day 2023

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