(CNN) Google's doodle for International Women's Day celebrates the achievements of women of all geographic and generational backgrounds.

Clicking the play button on the doodle prompts a multi-layered, paper mandala animation video created by two female duos: Julie Wilkinson and Joyanne Horscroft of Makerie Studio and animators Marion Willam and Daphne Abderhalden, according to a news release

The mandala's black-and-white inner layer depicts women around the world from the late 1800s to the 1930s. The middle layer reflects women from the 1950s to the 1980s, which Google describes as "a landmark era in the wake of pushes for gender equality and rapid changes to the status quo."

The outer layer symbolizes women from the 1990s to the modern day, documenting what Google says are the results of progress made over more than 100 years of women's rights movements.

"It pays tribute to breaking barriers from former cultural and gender roles, as women continue to question, reclaim and redefine ideas about the roles women take on in society," Google says.

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