The reason for celebrating International Women's Day

The world celebrates International Women's Day As a result of the struggle of millions of women around the world; to obtain their rights.

Despite decades of emphasis on equality, women are still more vulnerable to poverty and have less income and presence in decision-making positions than men.

Many countries around the world celebrate bInternational Women's DayIt is a day that recognizes the achievements of women.

without considering any other divisions; such as nationality, ethnicity, language, culture, economic or political environment.

This day emerged with the emergence of the activities of the labor movement at the turn of the century twenty in North America and parts of the European continent.
كان For International Women's Day With its new global dimension for women in developing and developed countries alike. In making this celebration an opportunity to mobilize support for women's rights and support their participation in the political and economic fields.

The reason for celebrating Women's Day

According to the United Nations website (un.org), the choice of March 8 is due to the exodus of thousands of women in 1856 AD; to protest on the streets of New York City against the inhumane conditions under which they are forced to work,

The march succeeded in prompting officials and politicians to raise the issue of working women on the daily agenda.

The date of this day was chosen when this scene was repeated on March 8, 1908, when 15000 women marched in New York City demanding voting rights.

And to get fewer working hours, as thousands of textile workers returned to demonstrate again in the streets of New York City

However, this time, they carried pieces of dry bread and bouquets of roses, in a symbolic step, and they chose for their protest movement.

The slogan "Bread and Roses". This time, the march called for reducing working hours, stopping child labor, and granting women the right to vote.
The demonstrations of bread and roses marked the beginning of an enthusiastic feminist movement in the United States in particular

After women from the middle class joined the wave of demands for equality and fairness, they raised slogans calling for political rights, especially the right.

In the election, and the celebration of the eighth of March began as American Women’s Day in commemoration of the New York demonstrations of 1909

American women have contributed to pushing European countries to allocate the eighth of March as Women's Day

He adopted the proposal of the American delegation to allocate one day a year to celebrate women at the global level, after the success of the experiment in the United States.

The first celebration of International Women's Day

For the first time it has been celebrated International Women's Day On March 8, 1909 in America, it was known as National Women's Day

In the United States of America, after the American Socialist Party appointed this day to celebrate women

A reminder of the New York garment industry workers' strike, where women demonstrated to denounce harsh working conditions.

- The owner of the idea

The idea of ​​a women's day came when it was introduced by a woman named Clara Zetkin, leader of the Democratic Party's "Women's Desk".

In Germany, the idea of ​​​​International Women's Day was introduced in 1910 AD, and it suggested that every country celebrate women on one day every year to pressure the realization of their demands.

Indeed, more than 100 women from 17 countries agreed to her proposal and formed the Division for the Advancement of Women.

March 8th

In 1911 AD, it was celebrated for the first time in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland on March 19,

After that, it was decided to set March 8 in the year 1913 AD, and it was celebrated from that day until today, and the United Nations recognized this day in 1975 AD.

The United Nations adopts the celebration of International Women's Day 1977

However, the designation of March XNUMX as International Women's Day did not take place until many years later.

Because the United Nations did not agree to adopt this occasion until 1977, when the international organization issued a resolution calling on the countries of the world to adopt any day of the year that they choose to celebrate women, so the majority of countries decided to choose the eighth of March.

Subsequently, that day turned into a symbol of women's struggle, in which women around the world go out in demonstrations to demand their rights and demands.

International Women's Day aims for many goals, most notably reminding the world of the strong and influential conditions of women

In societies, celebrating women's achievements, supporting and encouraging gender equality, paying attention to women's issues.

And the secret of choosing these colors to express International Women's DayThe United Nations website (un.org) explained

The reason is as follows: “Violet represents justice and dignity, green symbolizes hope, and white represents purity.”

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