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- International Women's Day (IWD) is a holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women's rights movement. IWD gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women.
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March 8 is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 298 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh. [1] 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. [2]
- International Women's Day - Wikipedia
International Women's Day ( IWD) is a holiday celebrated...
- March 8 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
March 8 is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in...
- International Women's Day - Wikipedia
After World War II, 8 March started to be celebrated in a number of countries. In 1975, during the International Women's Year, the United Nations began celebrating 8 March as International...
Apr 22, 2024 · On March 8 (February 23, Old Style), 1917, women in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia, marked the day by staging a strike to protest food shortages, poor living conditions, and World War I. This strike for “bread and peace” helped give rise to the Russian Revolution of 1917, which led to the abdication of Nicholas II on March 15 (March 2).
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Mar 4, 2022 · For more than a century people around the world have been marking 8 March as a special day for women. Read on to find out why. 1. How did it start? Corbis / Hulton Deutsch. Clara Zetkin founded...
Mar 2, 2021 · It's on 8 March. Clara's idea for an International Women's Day had no fixed date. It wasn't formalised until a war-time strike in 1917 when Russian women demanded "bread and peace" - and four...
