Episode 2867
International Women's Day
Sun, 2025-Mar-09 01:55 UTC
Length - 2:26
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With 327,957 views on Saturday, 8 March 2025 our article of the day is International Women's Day.
International Women's Day (IWD) commemorates women's fight for equality and liberation along with the women's rights movement. International Women's Day gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. Spurred by the universal female suffrage movement, International Women's Day originated from labor movements in Europe and North America during the early 20th century, with the modern holiday, March 8, being declared by Vladimir Lenin.
The earliest version reported was a "Woman's Day" organized by the Socialist Party of America in New York City on February 28, 1909. In solidarity with them, communist activist and politician Clara Zetkin proposed the celebration of "Working Women's Day" approved at the 1910 International Socialist Women's Conference in Copenhagen, albeit with no set date; the following year saw the first demonstrations and commemorations of International Women's Day across Europe. Vladimir Lenin declared March 8 as International Women's Day in 1922 to honour the women's role in the 1917 Russian Revolution; it was subsequently celebrated on that date by the socialist movement and communist countries. The holiday became a mainstream global holiday following its promotion by the United Nations in 1977.
International Women's Day is a public holiday in several countries.
The UN observes the holiday in connection with a particular issue, campaign, or theme in women's rights.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:55 UTC on Sunday, 9 March 2025.
For the full current version of the article, see International Women's Day on Wikipedia.
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