Google celebrates International Women's Day with 3D mandala doodle

Google doodle's mandala animation honours the history and significance of International Women's Day

International women’s day is being observed today. The theme of International Women’s Day 2020 is ‘I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights’ according to UN Women.

To mark the day Google has dedicated its new doodle to the women’s rights movement.

Illustrated by New York and London-based guest artists Julie Wilkinson and Joyanne Horscroft and animated by Zurich-based guest animators Marion Willam & Daphne Abderhalden, the multilayered 3D paper mandala animation represents both the history of this powerful celebration and the significance it has for women across generations.

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The mandala showcases women around the world from the 1800s to 1930s during the labour movements, 1950s to 1980s - a breakthrough for gender equality – and from 1900s to today, explains Google.



“The mandala’s black-and-white central layer reflects women around

the world during the late 1800s to the 1930s amidst labour movements. The second layer depicts women from the 1950s to the 1980s, a landmark era in the wake of pushes for gender equality and rapid changes to the status quo.”

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It also honours the progress made during a century of the women’s rights movement.

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“Finally, the outer layer symbolizes women from the 1990s to the present day, in the context of progress made from over 100 years of women’s rights movements. It pays tribute to breaking barriers from former cultural and gender roles, as women continue to question, reclaim, and redefine ideas about the roles women take on in society.”

Finally, Google cheers on women who continue to 'persist tirelessly to make change across sectors, industries, nations, ages, and cultures paving the way for future generations to come'.