Women's Day
International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year.It is a focal point in the movement for women's rights.
International Women's Day is all about unity, celebration, reflection, advocacy and action - whatever that looks like globally at a local level. But one thing is for sure, International Women's Day has been occurring for well over a century - and continue's to grow from strength to strength.
After the Socialist Party of America organized a Women's Day on February 28, 1909 in New York, the 1910 International Socialist Woman's Conference suggested a Women's Day be held annually. After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there. The day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted in 1975 by the United Nations.
Now a day, International Women's Day is a public holiday in some countries and largely ignored elsewhere. In some places, it is a day of protest, in others, it is a day that celebrates womanhood.
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