Please briefly introduce March 8 Women's Day.

3.8 International Women's Day is a festival for women all over the world. This day has been recognized by the United Nations and designated as a legal holiday in many countries. Women from all corners of the country can celebrate their festivals at the same time on this day, although they are divided by different national boundaries, races, languages, cultures, economies and politics. Let's look back on the struggle for equality, justice, peace and development 90 years ago.

International Women's Day is the witness of working women creating history, and the road for women to strive for equality with men is very long. In ancient Greece, Li Sist Ratt led women's struggle to stop the war; During the French Revolution, women in Paris shouted "freedom, equality and fraternity" and took to the streets of Versailles to fight for the right to vote.

The concept of International Women's Day came into being in the early 20th century. The international community is in the period of industrialization, with rapid population growth, radical ideology and very turbulent social conditions. The following are the important events of the times:

1909

1909, according to the announcement of the American socialist party, the first international women's day was designated as the last Sunday in February in the United States until 19 13.

19 10

19 10 at the international conference on socialism held in Copenhagen, it was decided to establish a women's festival as a reward for the hunger achievements of the women's movement. The plan was appointed by more than 65,438+000 women from 65,438+07 countries, including three women who won the right to vote in the Finnish Parliament for the first time. But the meeting didn't set a specific date.

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191/year, Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland designated women's day as March19, and more than one million people attended the rally that day. In addition to demanding the right to vote and government functions, they also demand equal opportunities in work and vocational training, and demand the elimination of gender discrimination in work.

Less than a week later, on March 25th, a tragedy happened in new york. A fire killed 140 female workers, most of whom were Italian and Jewish immigrants. This incident has put a lot of pressure on the American government, and the disaster caused by the bad working environment can not be ignored. The formulation of International Women's Day has been put on the agenda.

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In the peace movement on the eve of World War I, Russian women celebrated their first festival 19 13 on the last Sunday in February. Elsewhere in Europe, in the following years, women always held a rally around March 8 to express their determination to unite against the war.

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19 17, more than two million Russian soldiers died in the war, and Russian women once again chose to strike for "bread and peace" on the last Sunday of February. Despite the government's opposition, women took to the streets. Four days later, the tsar had to abdicate, and the interim government gave women the right to vote. This historic Sunday is February 23rd in the Roman Gregorian calendar, while in the solar calendar used in other countries, it is March 8th.

March 8 is International Women's Day. On this day, women in all continents care about women's human rights, regardless of nationality, race, language, culture, economy and political differences. In recent decades, four global conferences of the United Nations have strengthened the international women's movement. With the development of the international women's movement, Women's Day has a global significance. These developments have made International Women's Day a day of unity and concerted efforts to demand women's rights and women's participation in political, economic and social life.

The United Nations celebrated International Women's Day from 1975, which confirmed the tradition of ordinary women striving for equal participation in society. 1997, the General Assembly adopted a resolution inviting countries to choose a certain day of the year to be declared as the United Nations Women's Rights and World Peace Day according to their own history and national traditions and customs. United Nations initiatives have led to the establishment of a national legal framework for achieving gender equality and increased public awareness of the urgent need to improve the status of women in all areas.

Women's Day, also known as International Women's Day, is a festival for women and girls all over the world to strive for peace, equality and development. This festival is held on March 8 every year. Women and children in various countries have made unremitting efforts and struggles to win this right. On March 8th, 2008, 5438+0857, female workers in new york, USA held a protest against inhuman work. 12 working hours and wages are low, and tourists are besieged and driven away by the police. Two years later, in March, these women formed the first trade union 1908. On March 8th, 1500 women and children traveled in new york. In order to shorten working hours, increase the reward of hard work, enjoy the right of choice and promotion, and prohibit the use of child labor, their names are "flour buns and roses"; In May, the American Socialist Party decided to take the last Sunday of February as the domestic Women's Day 19 10. Clara Zetkin, a scholar of the German Society, suggested that in order to commemorate the strike of American garment workers, one day should be designated as "International Women's Day". This proposal was accepted by the academic conference of the International Women's Association held in Kobenhagen. However, the date of the body was not set at 19 17, and Russian women and girls called for a strike on February 23rd to seek "peace and tranquility". In view of the harsh environment and food shortage, julian calendar used by the Russian ambassador is the last star day of the month, and the Gregorian calendar used by the European ambassador is March 8, 1924. The China * * * Production Party held the first commemorative meeting of March 8th in Guangzhou, 1949. The Central People's Government of China has decided to designate March 8 as Women's Day. On this day, women and children all over the country have a half-day holiday and hold various ceremonies to celebrate this event.

1977 65438+In February, the United Nations adopted a resolution stipulating that on a certain day, the rights of women and children on the United Nations Peace Day were restricted by the history and traditions of all Member States. For the United Nations, International Women's Day is scheduled for March 8th. And since 1975, South African Women's Day is different from International Women's Day. 1956 On August 9th, hundreds of black women and children marched in Pretoria. Oppose the "general pass law" of local authorities to promote apartheid. The new South African government has designated this day as Women's Day to commemorate the contribution of South African women and girls in the struggle for equality and equality, and has designated this day as a national public holiday. Since then, every year on August 9th, women and children all over South Africa have held various celebrations. They should seek equality between men and women, restrain the violent forces of parties, protect the rights and interests of women and children, and oppose sexual harassment and sexual crimes, so as to eliminate the deep-rooted discrimination against women and children caused by the apartheid system in old South Africa.