[1] The United Nations announced the theme of "Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030", calling for gender equality around the globe.

[3] On 3 October 2016, women in Poland organized a nationwide strike following a Polish parliamentary decision to consider a ban on abortion that would criminalize all terminations.

The Polish and Argentinian groups coordinated using long proprietary software voice over IP discussions together with women from 28 other countries for preparing the strike.

[citation needed] In 2018, the national commission called for controls to tackle "gender violence, bodies and the right to choose, borders and the economy".

Due to the success of the strike call, the issues that were raised gained attention importance in the media and press.

The two groups asked that women not work that day to protest the policies of the administration of Donald Trump, encouraging women to refrain from working, spending money (or, alternatively, electing to shop only at "small, women- and minority-owned businesses"), and to wear red as a sign of solidarity.

It was organised by Women’s Strike Assembly along with the new United Sex Workers section of the United Voices of the World and included the Sex/Work Strike[26] as part of which a minute's noise for Laura Lee (sex worker) was held in Soho in London[27] and protests outside the family court in London and parliament[28]