Wednesday, March 8 is the International Women's Day, held in various parts of the world to commemorate the struggle for women's rights.
Here are five facts about the day:
1. Originally known as the International Women's Working Women's Day, February 28, 1909, was first celebrated in New York to commemorate the 1908 International Women's Clothing Workers' Union strike, when 15,000 workers, including many immigrants, demanded through the city's low-level oriental requirements Social and political rights.
2. The first modern International Women's Day was held in 1914 and was held five years after its establishment on 8 March. The choice of this day is because it is a Sunday, most women will leave the work, allowing them to participate in parades and other events, and since then has been celebrated.
3. This day was declared the National Day of the Soviet Union in 1917 and was mainly celebrated by the socialist movement and the communist countries until the adoption by the United Nations in 1977. Since 1996, the United Nations has allocated a theme for each IWD. This year's theme is "the courage to change".
4. According to US Nations, it is "the day when women are recognized for their achievements, without regard to division, whether national, national, language, cultural, economic or political. This is an opportunity to review the struggle and achievements of the past, more important Is looking for future potentials and opportunities to wait for future women.
5. This day is now an official holiday for several countries, including Afghanistan, Cambodia, Mongolia, Vietnam and Zambia, and only women in countries including China, Madagascar and Nepal.
1. Originally known as the International Women's Working Women's Day, February 28, 1909, was first celebrated in New York to commemorate the 1908 International Women's Clothing Workers' Union strike, when 15,000 workers, including many immigrants, demanded through the city's low-level oriental requirements Social and political rights.
2. The first modern International Women's Day was held in 1914 and was held five years after its establishment on 8 March. The choice of this day is because it is a Sunday, most women will leave the work, allowing them to participate in parades and other events, and since then has been celebrated.
3. This day was declared the National Day of the Soviet Union in 1917 and was mainly celebrated by the socialist movement and the communist countries until the adoption by the United Nations in 1977. Since 1996, the United Nations has allocated a theme for each IWD. This year's theme is "the courage to change".4. According to US Nations, it is "the day when women are recognized for their achievements, without regard to division, whether national, national, language, cultural, economic or political. This is an opportunity to review the struggle and achievements of the past, more important Is looking for future potentials and opportunities to wait for future women.
5. This day is now an official holiday for several countries, including Afghanistan, Cambodia, Mongolia, Vietnam and Zambia, and only women in countries including China, Madagascar and Nepal.
