International Womens Day 2019 8 March Celebration

International Womens Day: International Women's Day (IWD) celebrated every year on March 8. This is the central point of the movement for women's rights. After organizing a women's day by the Socialist Party of America on February 28, 1909, in New York, the 1910 International Socialist Women's Conference suggested to hold a women's day annually. After women got the franchise in Soviet Russia in 1917, there was a national holiday on March 8. The socialist movement and communist countries celebrated mainly this day until the United Nations adopted it in 1975. This Year International Womens Day is 8 March 2019.

International Womens Day 2019 8 March Celebration

Today, International Women's Day is a public holiday in some countries and is largely ignored elsewhere. In some places, this is the day of protest; In others, it is a day that celebrates femininity.

International Women's Day History 

Firstly, the celebration of Women's Day, called "National Women's Day", was held on February 28, 1909, in New York, on the suggestion of Theresa Malkiel by the Socialist Party of America. However, it has been claimed that on March 8, 1857, a protest was launched by women's apparel workers in New York, the researchers described it as a myth.

1909 America's first National Women's Day celebrated on February 28.

The Socialist Party of America nominated this day in honor of the 1908 Garment Workers strike in New York, where women protest against working conditions.

1910 Socialist International, established Women's Day for the meeting in Copenhagen, respecting the movement for women's rights, and supporting support for women's universal suffrage. The proposal was approved unanimously by the conference of more than 100 women from 17 countries, including the first three women selected for the Finnish Parliament. No definite date was selected for adherence.

As a result of the Copenhagen initiative of 1911, for the first time (March 19th) International Women's Day was marked in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland, where more than one million women and men participated in rallies. In addition to holding the right to vote and holding public office, they demanded to eliminate women's rights to work, professional training and job discrimination.

1913-1914 International Women's Day also became a mechanism for the opposition of World War I As part of the peace movement, Russian women celebrated their first International Women's Day on the last Sunday in February. On March 8 of the following year, anywhere in Europe, women either made rallies to protest war or express solidarity with other workers.

Against the backdrop of the 1917 war, in Russia, women again chose to oppose and strike for "bread and piece" on the last Sunday in February (which fell on the Gregorian calendar on March 8). Four days later, Czar gave up and the provisional government gave women the right to vote.
During the 1975 International Women's Year, the United Nations began celebrating International Women's Day on March 8.

1995 Beijing Manifesto and Forum for Action, a historic roadmap signed by 189 governments, focused on 12 important areas of concern, and imagined a world where every woman and girl can practice their choice, such as in politics Participating, getting education, being an income, and living in communities free of violence and discrimination.

2014 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58) - The annual meeting of States to address key issues related to gender equality and rights of women - focuses on challenges and achievements in implementing women and millennium development goals. Girls ". United Nations institutions and recognized non-governmental organizations around the world reviewed the progress and remaining challenges towards meeting the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on MDG's resources for gender equality and women's empowerment. Has played an important role in focusing.

IWD 2015 Women on the street celebrating International Women's Day in Cameroon
United Nations theme for International Women's Day 2015 "Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: The Picture!" Governments and workers from around the world will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Manifesto and Forum for Action, a historic roadmap that determines the agenda for realizing the rights of women.

IWD 2016 The theme for International Women's Day for 2016 was "Planet 50-50: Step up to Gender Equality by 2030".

In his message issued on the eve of International Women's Day, President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee said: "On the occasion of International Women's day, I extend my heartfelt condolences and good wishes to the women of India and thank them for their contribution to our nation. Years in the construction. "[3 of] The Ministry of Women and Child Development on 8th March, eight other than eight already working in the country. Of a declaration of a stop crisis centers. Prior to Women's Day, national carrier Air India claimed to be the world's longest non-stop flight, where as part of the International Women's Day celebrations, women were handled with full flight operations. Flight from Delhi to San Francisco has covered 14,500 kilometers in about 17 hours.

IWD 2017 The subject of International Women's Day 2017 was "Women in the World of work until 2030: Planet 50-50."

In a message in support of International Women's Day, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres commented how women's rights are being "lowered, restricted and inverted". In order to reduce the gender and gender differences in the leadership situation, he "empower women at all levels, listen to their voices and enable them to control their own life and the future of our world" Called.

IWD 2018 The theme of International Women's Day 2018 is "Time is now: rural and urban workers are changing the lives of women".

International Women's Day 2019 Themes

2011 Equal Access to Education, Training, and Science and Technology: Pathway to Decent Work for Women
2012 Empower Rural Women, End Poverty, and Hunger
2013 A Promise is a Promise: Time for Action to End Violence Against Women
2014 Equality for Women is Progress for All
2015 Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!
2016 Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality
2017 Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030
2018 Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives
2019 Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change