Before Wishing a Women a Happy Women's Day , Know why you are wishing them .
The Reason behind the beautiful celebration
Introduction
International
Women's day is the worldwide celebration of cultural, political and economic
achievements. It is celebrated on March 8. The past few years saw various
movements for women's rights, equality, and justice. #METoo and #TimesUP
Campaigns were held to address the issues on sexual harassment, femicide, and
equal pay. This year women’s day theme
is #TimesISNow which highlights
metropolitan and countryside activist transforming women’s lives
History
Women’s
day was first noticed on February 28,
1909, in New York. At 1910 International Women’s Conference March 8 was decided to be the official
date for celebrating women's day. March 8 also became a national holiday in
Soviet Union (Russia). The day began to be celebrated with huge excitement and
happiness until it was adopted by United Nations in 1975.
The
theme of the day #TimeIsNow: Rural
and Urban activities transforming women’s lives. The theme highlights the attention of rural women
who consists only quarter of the worldwide population.
Celebration
Large
gatherings, conferences, awards, festivals and exhibition, online digital
gatherings are observed globally to mark International Women's day
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