{"id":1934,"date":"2013-02-17T22:08:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T22:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:42:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:42:00","slug":"history-of-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/history-of-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"History of International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-34mea6-e8e97392624c952359969911647fd54e\">\n#top .avia-gallery.av-34mea6-e8e97392624c952359969911647fd54e .avia-gallery-thumb a{\nwidth:14.2857%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-gallery av-34mea6-e8e97392624c952359969911647fd54e avia_animate_when_visible  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  deactivate_avia_lazyload avia-gallery-animate avia-gallery-1'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class='avia-gallery-thumb'> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2013\/02\/Article-Internationalwomenday.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2013\/02\/Article-Internationalwomenday.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2013\/02\/Article-Internationalwomenday-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2013\/02\/Article-Internationalwomenday-450x272.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2013\/02\/Article-Internationalwomenday-495x370.jpg' class='first_thumb lightbox ' data-onclick='1' title='Article-Internationalwomenday'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img class=\"wp-image-1938 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1938\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2013\/02\/Article-Internationalwomenday-180x180.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"  title='Article-Internationalwomenday' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2013\/02\/Article-Internationalwomenday-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2013\/02\/Article-Internationalwomenday-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2013\/02\/Article-Internationalwomenday-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles\/2013\/02\/Article-Internationalwomenday-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>International Women\u2019s Day is celebrated in several countries around the world. During that day women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions \u2013 whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political. It makes many of us to look back on past struggles and accomplishments. However, it is more important to look ahead to the untapped potential and opportunities for women.<\/p>\n<p>International Women\u2019s Year \u2013 1975 marks the year when the United Nations began celebrating International Women\u2019s Day on 8 March. The General Assembly adopted in late 1977 a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women\u2019s Rights and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by Member States, in accordance with their historical and national traditions. By doing that, the UN General Assembly recognized the role of women in peace efforts and development. They also urged an end to discrimination and an increase of support for women\u2019s full and equal participation.<\/p>\n<p>It has been agreed that International Women\u2019s Day started emerging from the activities of labor movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and across Europe.<\/p>\n<h4>1909<\/h4>\n<p>The first National Woman\u2019s Day was observed in the United States on 28 February. The Socialist Party of America designated this day in honor of the 1908 garment workers\u2019 strike in New York. That is when women actually dared to protest against deplorable working conditions. New York City always had issues at that time \u2013 and supposedly still does especially with illegal immigrants having terrible working conditions.<\/p>\n<h4>1910<\/h4>\n<p>The Socialist International, meeting in Copenhagen, established a Women\u2019s Day (international in character), to honor the movement for women\u2019s rights and to build support for achieving universal suffrage for women. It was greeted with unanimous approval by the conference of over 100 women from 17 countries. I might mention that it included the first three women elected to the Finnish Parliament. The women were allowed to vote in Finland in 1906 if I recall correctly my country\u2019s history. No fixed date was selected for the observance.<\/p>\n<h4>1911<\/h4>\n<p>As a result of the Copenhagen initiative, International Women\u2019s Day was marked for the first time (19 March) in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, where more than one million women and men attended rallies. The woman also demanded rights to work, to vocational training and to an end to discrimination on the job.<\/p>\n<h4>1913-1914<\/h4>\n<p>International Women\u2019s Day became a way for protesting World War I. Russian women observed their first International Women\u2019s Day on the last Sunday in February. In Europe, on or around 8 March of the following year, women held rallies either to protest the war or to express solidarity with other activists.<\/p>\n<h4>1917<\/h4>\n<p>Russian women again chose to protest and strike for \u2018Bread and Peace\u2019 on the last Sunday in February (which fell on 8 March on the Gregorian calendar). Four days later, the Czar abdicated and the provisional Government granted women the right to vote.<\/p>\n<p>The growing international women\u2019s movement, which has been strengthened by four global United Nations women\u2019s conferences, has helped make the commemoration a rallying point to build support for women\u2019s rights and participation. International Women\u2019s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change. It is also a day to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women. Those women have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.<\/p>\n<p>The Charter of the United Nations, signed in 1945, was the first international agreement to affirm the principle of equality between women and men. The UN helped and is helping create a legacy of internationally-agreed strategies, standards, programs and goals to advance the status of women worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The UN and its agencies promote the participation of women as equal partners with men in achieving sustainable development, peace, security, and full respect for human rights. The empowerment of women continues is one of the central features of the UN\u2019s efforts to address social, economic and political challenges across the globe.<br \/>\n2000 and beyond<\/p>\n<p>IWD is now an official holiday in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (for women only), Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women only), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal (for women only), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zambia. The tradition sees men honoring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc with flowers and small gifts. In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother\u2019s Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers. The historical effect is clear \u2013 look how many countries are former Soviet Union (Russian speaking\/understanding)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Women\u2019s Day is celebrated in several countries around the world. During that day women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions \u2013 whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political. It makes many of us to look back on past struggles and accomplishments. 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