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International Women’s Day.
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 in many
countries throughout the world.
This holiday became a part of the culture of
Eastern European countries and countries of
the former USSR. Historically this
holiday started as political event expressing struggle for
women’s economic,
political and social rights. But nowadays in many countries people celebrate
History
International Women’s Day (IWD) first emerged from workers
movements at the beginning
of the twentieth century in North America and
Europe.
The first national Women’s Day was observed on 28 February 1909
in the United States.
In August 1910 on International Women’s Conference German
Socialist Luise Zietz and
communist Clara Zetkin proposed the establishment of
an annual “International
Woman’s Day”. Delegates of the Conference (100 women
from 17 countries) supported
the proposal. On 18 March 1911, International
Women’s Day (IWD) was celebrated for
the first time. Over a million people in
Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland participated
in the celebration. Women
demanded equal rights and the right to vote. Americans
continued to celebrate
National Women’s Day on the last Sunday in February.
In 1913 women of Russia marked their first International Women’s
Day on the last Sunday in
February. After the October Revolution the Women’s
Day was established an official holiday
in the Soviet Union, but was a working
day until 1965.This holiday was also celebrated
in other communist and
socialist countries, for example, in China from 1922. Spanish
communists
celebrated this holiday from 1936.In 1975, which was designated as
International
Women’s Year, the United Nations gave official sanction to, and
began sponsoring,
International Women’s Day.
In the West, International Women’s Day was first marked as a
popular event after 1977 when
the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed
March 8 as the UN Day for women’s rights
and world peace.The 2005 Congress of
the British Trades Union Congress approved a resolution
calling for IWD to be
designated a public holiday in the United Kingdom.
IWD in modern
culture
International Women’s Day is an official holiday in many
countries of the world. In some
countries the day is not a public holiday, but
is widely celebrated.
With time the meaning of the holiday evolved to an apolitical
celebration of women. On this
day men congratulate to the women in their lives
– mothers, wives, girlfriends, daughters,
colleagues, etc. – and give them
flowers and small gifts. In some countries it is also observed
as an equivalent
of Mother’s Day, where children also give small presents to their mothers
and
grandmothers. Also schoolchildren bring gifts for their teachers.
Problems of
women today
But in many countries of the world women’s life is far from
ideal. Just consider the following
facts and figures.Today throughout the
world:
Up to 50% of sexual assaults are committed against girls under
the age of 16.
Globally, 603 million women live in countries where domestic
violence is not yet considered a
crime.
Up to 70% of women in the world report having experienced
physical and/or sexual violence
at some point in their lifetime.
Over 60 million girls worldwide are child brides, married before
the age of 18.
In the face of such appalling situation, the international
community is strongly committed to
change the position of women.
2013
International Women’s Day
The UN theme for International Women’s
Day 2013 is “A promise is a promise: Time for
action to end violence against
women,” while International Women’s Day, a non-profit
philanthropic venture,
has declared the 2013 year’s theme as “The Gender Agenda:
Gaining Momentum”.
