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March 8th: Women's Day

International Women's Day (according to the official name of the UN), also called International Women's Rights Day in certain countries or regions such as France or Quebec and in Greece, is celebrated on March 8. It is an international day highlighting the fight for women's rights and in particular for the end of inequalities in relation to men.

This day comes from the history of feminist struggles carried out on the European and American continents. On February 28, 1909, a “National Woman's Day” was celebrated in the United States at the call of the Socialist Party of America. Following a proposal by Clara Zetkin in August 1910, the Socialist International Women celebrated on March 19, 1911 the first "International Women's Day" and demanded women's right to vote, the right to work and the end of discrimination at work6. Since then, rallies and demonstrations have taken place every year.

It was Soviet Russia which was the first country to make it official in 1921 by making it a public holiday but not a day off until 19657. The event remained mainly confined to the countries of the socialist bloc until the end of the 1960s. , when it was taken up by the second feminist wave. It was finally in 1977 that the United Nations made the day official, inviting all the countries of the planet to celebrate a day in favor of women's rights. “International Women's Day” is thus one of the 87 international days recognized or introduced by the UN. It's a day of demonstrations around the world: an opportunity to take stock of the situation of women in society and to demand more equal rights. Traditionally, groups and associations of militant women prepare demonstrations all over the world, to achieve their demands, improve the status of women, celebrate victories and progress.

In popular language, marketing or the media, it is sometimes referred to, improperly, by the expression "Women's Day", sometimes accompanied by the adjective "international" or "worldwide".

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