International Women's Day 2025 is on Saturday, March 8, 2025: What are the origins of International Women's Day?

Saturday, March 8, 2025 is International Women's Day 2025.

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The first IWD was observed on 19 March 1911 in Germany following a declaration by the Socialist Party of America. The idea of having an international women's day was first put forward at the turn of the 20th century amid rapid world industrialization and economic expansion that led to protests over working conditions[citation needed]

In 1910, Second International held the first international women's conference in Copenhagen (in the labour-movement building located at Jagtvej 69, which until 1 March 2007 housed Ungdomshuset). An 'International Women's Day' was established. It was suggested by the important German Socialist Clara Zetkin, although no date was specified. The following year, 1911, IWD was marked by over a million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, on March 19. In the West, International Women's Day was first observed as a popular event after 1977 when the United Nations General Assembly invited member states to proclaim March 8 as the UN Day for Women's Rights and International Peace.

Demonstrations marking International Women's Day in Russia proved to be the first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917.

Following the October Revolution, the Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai persuaded Lenin to make it an official holiday in the Soviet Union, and it was established, but was a working day until 1965. On May 8, 1965 by the decree of the USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet International Women's Day was declared a non working day in the USSR "in commemoration of the outstanding merits of Soviet women in communistic construction, in the defense of their Fatherland during the Great Patriotic War, in their heroism and selflessness at the front and in the rear, and also marking the great contribution of women to strengthening friendship between peoples, and the struggle for peace. But still, women's day must be celebrated as are other holidays

What you did on International Women's day?

Hello,

On this Women's Day I gave my mother a bouquet of flowers, a pen,a kiss and prayed for her long life.

BUT

I feel that even if we celebrate Women's Day, it is DISCRIMINATION between the two Genders because,

Do we ever have a ‘Men’s Day’? OR Are we a different species?

According to me,either we should have Mothers day rather than Women's day or we should have both Men's day and Women's day,

What is the purpose of International Women's Day?

LOL...that is so funny to me...I was gonna ask a similar question to this earlier today. I had this cute girl from accounting come into my office today and she told me it was International Women's Day. I really didn't know what to say...so I said "Congratulations" and gave her my candy bar. Then later when I was hungry...I wondered if she had tricked me out of my candy bar, so I had to look it up on Google...and sure enough, 3/8/13 was indeed International Women's Day! So I feel better now...and the cute girl gave me a cute smile...which is WAY better then a candy bar I guess...lol. Anyways, that's how I/we celebrated it. :)