International Women's Day
International Women's Day is a global celebration that takes place on the eighth day of March every year and is held to signify public respect, appreciation, and love for women for their economic, political, and social achievements. In some countries, such as China, Russia, and Cuba, women are given leave on this day. The celebration of this occasion came following the holding of the first conference of the International Democratic Women’s Union, which was held in Paris in 1945. It is known that the International Democratic Women’s Union consists of the auxiliary organizations of the communist parties, and it was the first global celebration of International Women’s Day, although some researchers believe that International Women’s Day was following some of the women's strikes that took place in the United States. In some places, the political aspect that accompanies Women's Day is overlooked, so the celebration is like a mixture of Mother's Day and Valentine's Day. But in other places the celebration is often accompanied by a strong political feature and humanitarian slogans designated by the United Nations, to raise social awareness of the struggle for women globally. Some people celebrate this day by wearing pink ribbons
International Women's Day developments
Many socialist women in both Europe and America were committed to the International; It is a political principle that calls for greater political or economic cooperation between nations and peoples, several years before World War I, and on August 17, 1907, these women pledged to fight for equality in all aspects of life, in a meeting led by German activists Clara Zetkin and Louis Zeitz; Where they discussed the issue of demonstrating to spread and achieve their goals of achieving equality, so the Socialist Party of the United States appointed the National Committee for Women to campaign in 1908 AD, and the party asked the committee to organize demonstrations, and before World War I women won the Second International.
A socialist meeting was held in the third branch of the Social Democratic Women’s Association on March 8, 1908, in New York City, to discuss the issue of women’s suffrage, and on February 23, 1909, a meeting was held to discuss and explain the principles of equal rights and to demand to vote for women. The announcement of the first National Women’s Day in all parts of the United States, according to the declaration of the American Socialist Party, and the celebration of International Women’s Day was continued by women on the last Sunday of February until 1913 AD, and in 1910 the German activist Clara Zetkin contributed to making That day is a public holiday and is published in Europe.
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