How did Women’s Day begin?
Every year on March 8, various programs around the world are held to commemorate International Women's Day.
KATHMANDU: Today, March 8, i.e. International Women’s Day, is being celebrated.
The slogan ‘Digitall: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality’ has been decided by the United Nations.
This day is being celebrated in Nepal with a variety of programs under the national slogan ‘Strong foundation for gender equality, women’s access to creative technology’.
Every year on March 8, various programs around the world are held to commemorate International Women’s Day, with the agenda of women emphasizing social awareness development, increasing political access, seeking equality in the courts, becoming partners in the economic and production sectors, respectable labor, and equality in labor prices.
On this day, most countries observe a public holiday. In Nepal, holidays are also granted.
How did Women’s Day begin?
In New York City in 1908, 15,000 women marched for shorter work hours, equal pay, and the right to vote. A year later, the Socialist Party of America, along with the movement’s demands, declared National Women’s Day for the first time in the United States.
However, feminist leader Clara Zetkin kicked off the debate by stating that it should be declared an international day, not just in the United States.
She formally introduced the issue in Copenhagen in 1910, at the International Conference of Working Women, which was attended by more than 100 women leaders from 17 countries. Zetkin’s proposal was accepted by women from all participating countries.
Following that conference, International Women’s Day was officially observed for the first time in 1911 in Austria, Germany, Denmark, and Switzerland.
Other countries gradually began to recognize this day as International Women’s Day. The custom of celebrating this according to their respective countries grew gradually.
It was not formally established until 1917, when Russian women demanded “bread and peace” during the wartime movement. That movement catapulted the women’s movement to new heights.
The then-emperor of Russia was forced to abdicate four days after the women’s movement, and the provisional government there granted women the right to vote.
Only after the United Nations began celebrating this day in 1975 did it gain official worldwide recognition, and all United Nations members began celebrating it all over the world.
