How the world celebrated International Women's Day

In Paris, an edit-a-thon invited people to create, editor translate Wikipedia pages about women who have played a keyrole or who still contribute in the fields of education,science, culture and communication.

Only 17 per cent of biographies published on Wikipedia areabout women, according to the United Nations' cultural agencyUNESCO, which organized the event.

Toymaker Mattel, whose Barbie dolls have in the past drawncriticism for promoting harmful stereotypes, said it hoped theAdams doll would inspire girls to achieve greatness.

Other women role models getting the Barbie treatment includeU.S. Olympic snowboarding star Chloe Kim.

Also challenging stereotypes was Little Miss Inventor, a newcharacter in the Mr. Men and Little Miss children's book series,who made her debut on Thursday.

Around the world, over 60 stock exchanges up from 43 lastyear hosted bell ceremonies to raise awareness of the keyrole the private sector can play in advancing gender equality.

In Britain, which was celebrating 100 years since women wonthe right to vote, a flashmob descended on London's St Paul'sCathedral to honour suffragettes including Emmeline Pankhurstwho were pivotal in getting women the vote.

They performed a choral work called the Pankhurst Anthem,written by the suffragette's great-granddaughter Helen Pankhurstand composed by Lucy Pankhurst, who is also related.

But despite the celebrations and positive role models, astudy released on Wednesday by the Organisation for EconomicCooperation and Development shows women in every country stilldo far more unpaid work, like childcare and chores, than men.