March 8th -is International Women's Day.
MOTIVE :
(i) To celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
(ii) The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
(ii) The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
BACKGROUND :
(a) The earliest organized Women's Day observance was held on February 28, 1909, in New York, organized in remembrance of the 1908 strike of the International Ladies Garment Worker's Union.
(b) In 1917 demonstrations marking International Women's Day in Saint Petersburg which fell on March 8 on the Gregorian calendar.
(c) After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the state council proclaimed that March 8 would be made an official holiday with women in China given a half-day off.
(d) International Women's Day was first observed as a popular event after 1977 when the United Nations General Assembly invited member states to proclaim March 8 as the UN Day for women's rights and world peace.
(b) In 1917 demonstrations marking International Women's Day in Saint Petersburg which fell on March 8 on the Gregorian calendar.
(c) After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the state council proclaimed that March 8 would be made an official holiday with women in China given a half-day off.
(d) International Women's Day was first observed as a popular event after 1977 when the United Nations General Assembly invited member states to proclaim March 8 as the UN Day for women's rights and world peace.
UN THEME FOR IWD-2017 :
(a) Since 1996, every year UN commemorates IWD with a specific theme.
(b) This year's theme is "Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030".
(b) This year's theme is "Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030".
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