International Women's Day
International
Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on the 8th of March every year around the
world. It is a focal point in the movement for women's rights.
After the
Socialist Party of America organized a Women's Day in New York City on February
28, 1909, German delegates Clara Zetkin, Käte Duncker, Paula Thiede and others
proposed at the 1910 International Socialist Woman's Conference that "a
special Women's Day" be organized 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 by the feminist movement in about 1967. The United Nations
began celebrating the day in 1977. Commemoration of International Women's Day
today ranges from being a public holiday in some countries to being largely
ignored elsewhere. In some places, it is a day of protest; in others, it is a
day that celebrates womanhood.
Around the
World: The day is an official holiday in Afghanistan, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (for women only), Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau,
Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women only),Moldova, Mongolia,
Nepal, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Zambia.
IWD 2021 The
2021 UN theme for International Women's Day is "Women in leadership:
Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world", highlighting the impact
that girls and women worldwide had as health care workers, caregivers,
innovators and community organizers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The hashtag
will be #IWD2021 and #InternationalWomensDay.
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