International Women’s Day, which is celebrated every year on March 8, is dedicated to the struggle for the equality and achievements of women (and not only). The movement was made official by the UN in 1975, but it started long before.
End gender inequalities, defend rights and celebrate social, political, cultural and economic achievements. These are some goals of which is celebrated every year on March 8, however, the date was not always. In some countries it is a day of protests on the streets, in many it is a holiday. One thing is certain: it is dedicated to women and the struggle for equality. The ‘movement’ was made official by the UN in 1975, but started long before.
The origins date back to the early twentieth century. ANDm 1909o Socialist Party of America celebrated, February 28, The first day of women in honor of the 15,000 women who protested against low wages and hard working conditions in New York, in the United States, .
The following year, the activist and defender of women’s rights Clara Zetkin proposed the celebration of Women’s Day on a large scaleat an international conference of socialist women in Copenhagen, Denmark. 100 women from 17 different countries were present. The idea of the creation of International Women’s Day was unanimously ‘approved’.
After the celebration in the United States and Clara Zetkin’s proposal, International Women’s Day was first celebrated March 19, 1911when 1 Million people left the street in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.
In the following years, celebrations followed, with countries around the world to mark Women’s Day. For example, China in 1922, Tunisia in 1956 and Ukraine in 1965.
According to began to be celebrated to March 8when in 1917 Russian workerson strike, they protested for better living and working conditions and against World War I. The protests in which they required “Bread and Peace” were brutally repressed and marked the beginning of the Russian Revolution.
Only in 1975 is that the UN began to celebrate International Women’s Day. Was recognized two years later by the United Nations General Assembly, through Resolution 32/142, says the .
Since then the UN is the main driver of the day in which women’s achievements are celebrated and causes causes such as the right to vote, salary equality, greater representation in leadership positions and access to education, rights that in some parts of the globe are yet to be fulfilled. However, it is a worldwide movement of all (and all) those who fight for human rights.
The date is marked with the symbol of the female gender usually accompanied by the colors purple, green and white. According to the purple symbolizes dignity and justice, green to hope and white the purity.
“For all women and girls: rights, equality, empowerment” It is the theme of International Women’s Day of 2025.
O On Tuesday, in Strasbourg. They will speak women who fight for peace, freedom and justice, and then MEPs and representatives of the European Council and the European Union will discuss violence against women, gender inequalities and the need for equitable female participation in society.
