When did Women's Day begin?

March 8th Women's Day began in 19 10, but the United Nations officially designated March 8th Women's Day as International Women's Day in 1977.

19 10 In August, the Second International Socialist Women's Congress was held in Denmark, and more than 100 women representatives from 17 countries attended the meeting. The General Assembly unanimously adopted the initiative put forward by Tsetkin and others: March 8 every year will be regarded as the festival of international working women, so as to strengthen the unity of international working women and strive for freedom and equality.

19 1 1 year, working women in the United States, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Switzerland and other countries held the first commemoration of International Women's Day. Since then, the activities to commemorate March 8 Women's Day have gradually expanded to the whole world.

1924 On March 8th, under the auspices of He Xiangning, a famous China woman activist, women from all walks of life in China held a rally in Guangzhou for the first time to commemorate Women's Day on March 8th, and put forward slogans such as "Abolish polygamy and forbid concubinage". After the founding of New China, the State Council of the Central People's Government designated March 8 as Women's Day on June1949+February 65438.

In order to arouse the attention of the international community to women's issues, the United Nations has made active efforts to promote and protect women's rights since its establishment. 1977, the General Assembly officially decided to designate March 8 as "United Nations Women's Rights Day and International Peace Day".

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The Original Origin of March 8 Women's Day

The establishment of Women's Day was accompanied by the development of women's liberation movement. Women account for about half of the world population, but they have a sad fate and experience for thousands of years. /kloc-at the end of 0/9, with the continuous development of the workers' movement, awakened women abandoned the old ideas that discriminated against women for a long time and held high the banner of fighting for women's freedom and equal rights.

As early as 1889, Clara Zetkin, secretary of the secretariat of the International Democratic Women's Federation and editor-in-chief of the German newspaper Equality, issued the first call for equal rights on behalf of working women, thus launching the international women's liberation movement.

1On March 8th, 909, women workers in Chicago, USA held a massive strike demonstration for freedom and equality, and put forward political and economic demands such as obtaining the right to vote, implementing the eight-hour working system and increasing wages. This organized struggle has fully demonstrated the strength of working women and won the positive response and support of working women all over the world.

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