International Women’s Day is an annual event celebrating the achievements of women and the progress of rights. It originated with the American socialist and labor movements in the 20th century.
Like every year, this year also International Women’s Day is being celebrated on March 8. This time where on one side India is colored in the colors of Holi, on the other hand the whole world including India is going to celebrate International Women’s Day on Wednesday. Let’s know why women’s day is celebrated after all? How did it start? What is its theme this time?
Why is women’s day celebrated?
International Women’s Day is an annual event celebrating the achievements of women and the progress of rights. It originated with the American socialist and labor movements in the 20th century. At that time women were fighting for shorter working hours, better pay and the right to vote. The first celebration of Women’s Day was celebrated in 1911. During this time more than one million people took out rallies in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland to support women’s rights. It has since also focused on issues ranging from equality for women to violence against women in the workplace. However, no group owned the program. International Women’s Day was recognized by the United Nations in 1977. Since then the members of the United Nations started celebrating this day as International Women’s Day.
Beginning of International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on March 8. The year 1917 was accompanied by protests by Russian women demanding bread and peace. Because of this protest, the then Russian Czar had to leave power. The interim government also gave women the right to vote. The day the Russian women started this performance was 23 February (Sunday) according to the Russian calendar. If this date is seen according to the Gregorian calendar, then that day was on March 8. Since then this day has been named International Women’s Day.
Three colors representing this day
The three colors representing International Women’s Day are white, green and purple. According to the Women’s Day campaign, white represents purity, green represents hope and purple represents justice and dignity.
What is this year’s theme?
The theme of the UN this year is Digit All: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality. According to the UN, 259 million fewer women than men have access to the Internet. Women are massively underrepresented in science, math, technology and engineering careers. In such a situation, this theme has been chosen to promote gender equality while meeting the needs of women. Earlier, the themes of the UN included climate change, rural women and HIV/AIDS.
Why is women’s day important?
The main purpose of celebrating International Women’s Day is to get women equal status, so that they are not deprived of any rights. They should not be discriminated against in any field. On this special occasion, many programs and campaigns are also organized to make people aware of the rights of women.In recent years there has been an emphasis on making International Women’s Day more inclusive of women as well as transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming people.