The Google Doodle marking this year's International Women's Day
Internet search giant Google is celebrating International Women’s Day a day early today, with an animated and video-based Doodle on its homepage.
Internet search giant Google is celebrating International Women’s Day a day early today, with a video-based stylised Google logo on its homepage.
When landing on Google’s homepage, a user will see a colourful animated Doodle. The word ‘Google’ contains a ‘play’ button in the second ‘o’ of the word ‘Google’. Animated Venus symbols for women – circles with crosses below – are also scattered below the word.
Clicking on the ‘play’ button launches a YouTube video that features all kinds of women wishing viewers a happy International Women’s Day – kids, students, businesswomen, cartoon character Dora the Explorer, and even a muppet.
One notable appearance in the video is Malala Yousafzai, the now 16-year-old student and education activist from Pakistan who had been shot by a Taliban gunman in October 2012.
Music plays in the background of the video, and at its end a banner reading ‘Happy International Women’s Day!’ wiggles below the Google logo.
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘Equality for Women is Progress for All’.
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