International day of the Women

The international day of the women is celebrated the March 8th and finds its origin in the demonstrations of women at the beginning of the 20th century in Europe and to the the United States, claiming better work conditions and the Right to vote. It was officialized by the the United Nations in 1977, inviting each country of planet to celebrate one day for the women's right .

It is one day of demonstrations through the world: the occasion to assert the equality, to make an assessment on the situation of the women. Traditionally the Group S and Association S of women Militant be prepare demonstrations everywhere in the world, to make succeed their claims, to improve the situation of the women, to celebrate the victories and the projections.

History

The creation of a “international Day of the women” was proposed for the first time in 1910, at the time of the international 2èreconférence of the socialist women, by Clara Zetkin, and fitted then in a revolutionary prospect. As of 1911, demonstrations are organized in Austria-Hungary, with the Denmark, in Suisse, Germany, then the following years in France, with the Netherlands, in Russia and Sweden.
The date is first of all not fixed, and it is only starting from 1917, with the strike of the workers of Saint-Pétersbourg, that the tradition of the March 8th is set up definitively. After 1945, the international Day of the women becomes a tradition in the whole world.

A legend wants that the origin of the March 8th goes up with a demonstration of American workers of the textile in 1857, event which actually never took place. It is surely about a wink of American feminists who, in the years 1950, want at the same time to integrate this day in the context states-unien and to pay a homage to Clara Zetkin, 1857 being his birth date. The origin of this day is anchored indeed in the workers' struggles and the many demonstrations of women claiming the Right to vote, of better work conditions and the equality between the men and the women, who agitated the Europe, at the beginning of the 20th century.

The international Day of the women is recognized officially by the the United Nations in 1977, and France in 1982.

Some dates

1910 : It is with Copenhagen, at the time of the International Conference of the socialist women, that the idea of a “international Day of the Women” is decided, on a proposal of Clara Zetkin, representing Socialist party of Germany.
March 1911: A million women express in Europe.
March 8th 1913: Women Russian S organize clandestine gatherings.
March 8th 1914: The women claim the Right to vote in Germany.
March 8th 1915: With Oslo, women defend their rights and claim peace.
March 8th 1917: Beginning of the “Revolution of February” in Russia. With Saint-Pétersbourg, Ouvrière S express to claim Pain and the return of their husbands left to the face.
March 8th 1921: Lénine issues on March 8th day of the women.
1924 : The day is celebrated in China.
1946 : The day is celebrated in the Pays of the East.
March 8th 1947: Leon Blum greets the important place of the women in the Résistance.
March 8th 1977: The the United Nations officialize the International Day of the Women.
March 8th 1982: Official statute of the Day in France.

Local characteristics

With the Burkina Faso, in Algeria, Colombia, with the Laos, in Russia, and Bielorussia the international Day of the Women is issued Bank holiday.

External bonds

international Day of the woman, official site of the United Nations.
international Day of the women, official site of the government of the Quebec

Simple: International Women' S Day

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