New Delhi, March 8 -- Google Doodle on Saturday celebrated International Women's Day. The United Nations first acknowledged this day in 1975 to emphasize the significance of women's contributions worldwide.

In a blogpost, Doodle wrote, "With our Doodle, we honor visionary women in STEM fields. The Doodle artwork spotlights groundbreaking contributions by women who revolutionized space exploration, uncovered ancient discoveries, and pioneered lab research that fundamentally shaped our understanding of physics, chemistry, and biology."

"And these achievements represent just a small fraction of women's contributions to science," it further noted.

STEM workforce

Doodle noted that women's work represents the ongoing progress towards gender...