It was International Women's Day yesterday on March 8 and to celebrate Netflix has collaborated with UN Women to launch 'Because She Watched', a special collection of films, series, and documentaries. It is a great way to promote the work of female creators in the film industry.

The collection will be available all year and is curated by 55 women creators from behind and in front of the camera, including Sophia Loren, Salma Hayek, Mindy Kaling, 'Deutschland 83' series creator Anna Winger, 'Sex Education' creator Laurie Nunn, Ava Du Vernay, 'Call My Agent' creator Fanny Herrero, 'Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown, Shefali Shah, Kiara Advani, Mithila Palkar, and Lana Condor.

The official theme of this year's International Women's Day is "I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women's Rights." The collection reflects this year's theme with series, documentaries and films that tackle important and difficult conversations helping to advance the cause of women's rights. Of the series 'Orange Is the New Black', for example, the actress Laverne Cox said that it is "the first project where I felt genuinely empowered as a woman thanks to the woman at the helm of the show, Jenji Kohan, and the many women directors, writers, producers, and crew members as well as the stories that centered diverse women in an unprecedented way. This show created a space and platform for me as a black openly trans woman that created space for other openly trans women of all races to be truly seen in the depth of our humanity."

"This collaboration is about taking on the challenge of telling women's stories and showing women in all their diversity. It's about making visible the invisible, and proving that only by fully representing and including women on screen, behind-the-camera and in our narratives overall society will truly flourish," said UN Women Deputy Executive Director, Anita Bhatia.

These series, films and documentaries - from 'Unbelievable' and 'Delhi Crime' to 'Lust Stories', 'Orange Is the New Black', 'Hannah Gadsby: Nanette' and 'Sex Education'- have started important, often hard, conversations that have helped to challenge the way we see the world. Shefali Shah picked Delhi Crime for the collection, saying, `Women need to and must stand up for the rights of other women. The series brings to life the battle for justice that one woman fights on behalf of another, and the impact we can together make.`

Every title is labeled so that subscribers can see who picked which show or film. The collection is available for subscribers globally at Netflix.com/BecauseSheWatched.