The full name of International Women's Day is "United Nations Women's Rights and International Peace Day", and it is also called "International Women's Day", "March 8th" and "March 8th Women's Day" in China.
It is a festival established on March 8 every year to celebrate women's important contributions and great achievements in the economic, political and social fields.
In different regions, the focus of celebration is different, from ordinary celebration of respect, appreciation and love for women to celebration of women's achievements in the economic, political and social fields.
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The origin of women's day:
The establishment of Women's Day was accompanied by the development of women's liberation movement. Women account for about half of the world population, but they have a sad fate and experience for thousands of years. /kloc-at the end of 0/9, with the continuous development of the workers' movement, awakened women abandoned the old ideas that discriminated against women for a long time and held high the banner of fighting for women's freedom and equal rights.
As early as 1889, Clara Zetkin, secretary of the secretariat of the International Democratic Women's Federation and editor-in-chief of the German newspaper Equality, issued the first call for equal rights on behalf of working women, thus launching the international women's liberation movement.
1On March 8th, 909, women workers in Chicago, USA held a massive strike demonstration for freedom and equality, and put forward political and economic demands such as obtaining the right to vote, implementing the eight-hour working system and increasing wages. This organized struggle has fully demonstrated the strength of working women and won the positive response and support of working women all over the world.
19 10 In August, the Second International Socialist Women's Congress was held in Denmark, and more than 100 women representatives from 17 countries attended the meeting. The General Assembly unanimously adopted the initiative put forward by Tsetkin and others: March 8 every year will be regarded as the festival of international working women, so as to strengthen the unity of international working women and strive for freedom and equality.
19 1 1 year, working women in the United States, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Switzerland and other countries held the first commemoration of International Women's Day. Since then, the activities to commemorate March 8 Women's Day have gradually expanded to the whole world.
1924 On March 8th, under the auspices of He Xiangning, a famous China woman activist, women from all walks of life in China held a rally in Guangzhou for the first time to commemorate Women's Day on March 8th, and put forward slogans such as "Abolish polygamy and forbid concubinage". After the founding of New China, the State Council of the Central People's Government designated March 8 as Women's Day on June1949+February 65438.
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