Episode 675
International Women's Day
Sat, 2019-Mar-09 02:00 UTC
Length - 1:47
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With 605,012 views on Friday, 8 March 2019 our article of the day is International Women's Day.
International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year. It is a focal point in the movement for women's rights.
After the Socialist Party of America organized a Women's Day on February 28, 1909, in New York, the 1910 International Socialist Woman's Conference suggested a Women's Day be held annually. After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there. The day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted in 1975 by the United Nations.
Today, International Women's Day is a public holiday in some countries and largely ignored elsewhere. In some places, it is a day of protest; in others, it is a day that celebrates womanhood.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:00 UTC on Saturday, 9 March 2019.
For the full current version of the article, see International Women's Day on Wikipedia.
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