by eMade » March 8th, 2021, 10:44 am
Today March 8th 2021 marks another International Women’s Day celebration:
IWD 2021 campaign theme:
A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day.
We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women's achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world.
From challenge comes change, so let's all choose to challenge.
Learn more at
https://www.internationalwomensday.com/theme
Women old and young all over the world take this day as special one worth celebrating and also as an avenue to send a message to the world that 'We Are Here' and that 'We Can And Will Make A Difference!' The day commemorates the movement for women's rights.
According to
Wikipedia, March 8 was suggested by the 1910 International Socialist Woman's Conference to become an "International Woman's Day." 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.
Below are some major facts you need to know about the day International Women’s Day (IWD)
1. International Women’s Day is largely aimed at inspiring women across the world and celebrating their achievements.
2. Its roots are in movements campaigning for better pay and voting rights.
3. The first National Women’s Day was marked on 28 February 1909 in the United States after a declaration by the Socialist Party of America.
4. During an International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen in 1910, Clara Zetkin, leader of the ‘Women’s Office’ for the Social Democratic Party in Germany, suggested the idea of an International Women’s Day. She proposed that every year in every country, there should be a celebration on the same day. The idea was met with unanimous approval.
5. 1911 saw IWD honoured for the first time in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland on March 19. Over a million people attended rallies campaigning for women’s rights to work, vote, be trained, to hold public office and end discrimination.
6. On the eve of World War I campaigning for peace, Russian women observed their first International Women’s Day on the last Sunday in February 1913. In 1965, it was declared as a non working day in the USSR.
7. International Women’s Day was transferred to 8 March that same year and has remained the global date for the event ever since.
8. In 1975, the United Nations gave official sanction to International Women’s Day and began sponsoring it.
9. IWD is also an official holiday in 15 countries including China, Ukraine and Vietnam.
10. This year’s theme is
Woman or not, let's celebrate our women - mothers, sisters, friends and daughters - today.Today March 8th 2021 marks another International Women’s Day celebration:
[b]IWD 2021 campaign theme:
A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day.
We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women's achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world.
From challenge comes change, so let's all choose to challenge.[/b]
Learn more at https://www.internationalwomensday.com/theme
Women old and young all over the world take this day as special one worth celebrating and also as an avenue to send a message to the world that 'We Are Here' and that 'We Can And Will Make A Difference!' The day commemorates the movement for women's rights.
According to [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women's_Day]Wikipedia[/url], March 8 was suggested by the 1910 International Socialist Woman's Conference to become an "International Woman's Day." 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.
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[size=150]Below are some major facts you need to know about the day International Women’s Day (IWD)[/size]
1. International Women’s Day is largely aimed at inspiring women across the world and celebrating their achievements.
2. Its roots are in movements campaigning for better pay and voting rights.
3. The first National Women’s Day was marked on 28 February 1909 in the United States after a declaration by the Socialist Party of America.
4. During an International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen in 1910, Clara Zetkin, leader of the ‘Women’s Office’ for the Social Democratic Party in Germany, suggested the idea of an International Women’s Day. She proposed that every year in every country, there should be a celebration on the same day. The idea was met with unanimous approval.
5. 1911 saw IWD honoured for the first time in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland on March 19. Over a million people attended rallies campaigning for women’s rights to work, vote, be trained, to hold public office and end discrimination.
6. On the eve of World War I campaigning for peace, Russian women observed their first International Women’s Day on the last Sunday in February 1913. In 1965, it was declared as a non working day in the USSR.
7. International Women’s Day was transferred to 8 March that same year and has remained the global date for the event ever since.
8. In 1975, the United Nations gave official sanction to International Women’s Day and began sponsoring it.
9. IWD is also an official holiday in 15 countries including China, Ukraine and Vietnam.
10. This year’s theme is
[size=150]Woman or not, let's celebrate our women - mothers, sisters, friends and daughters - today.[/size]
