Why is Women's Day set on March 8th?
In 1917 during the Russian democratic revolution, several thousand female workers in Petrograd first held a demonstration on March 8 (February 23 in the old Russian calendar). To support women's struggle, the entire city's workers went on strike, overthrowing the Tsarist regime. In 1921, the Second International Communist Women's Representative Conference was held in Moscow. At the conference, it was unanimously decided to commemorate the brave struggle of Russian female workers four years ago by setting March 8 as International Women's Day. Since then, women around the world have celebrated their festival on this day every year.
Since the initiation of Women's Day in 1910, women around the world have already celebrated 90 Women's Days. Today, women are still subjected to various forms of discrimination, oppression, and exploitation. Moreover, with the expansion of capitalist globalization, regardless of whether it is in developed or developing countries, women are regarded as low-cost labor by multinational corporations. Their working conditions are poor, and they are in a state of exploitation. On the other hand, governments around the world generally cut back on childcare, medical care, and other welfare services, forcing women to bear a heavier burden of household chores and family care. Women around the world face common constraints and share a common fate.
Since the initiation of Women's Day in 1910, women around the world have already celebrated 90 Women's Days. Today, women are still subjected to various forms of discrimination, oppression, and exploitation. Moreover, with the expansion of capitalist globalization, regardless of whether it is in developed or developing countries, women are regarded as low-cost labor by multinational corporations. Their working conditions are poor, and they are in a state of exploitation. On the other hand, governments around the world generally cut back on childcare, medical care, and other welfare services, forcing women to bear a heavier burden of household chores and family care. Women around the world face common constraints and share a common fate.
Who is the international representative figure of Women's Day?
The main proposer of International Women's Day:
Clara Zetkin (Clara Zetkin, 1857.7.5 – 1933.6.20), originally named Clara Eisner, one of the leaders of the German Social Democratic Party and the left wing of the Second International, one of the leaders of the international socialist women's movement, and one of the founders of the German Communist Party, a soul figure of the liberation of proletarian women's rights.
In August 1910, Zetkin convened the Second International Socialist Women's Congress in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. She proposed that March 8 of each year be set as the day of struggle for women around the world. The March 8 of 1911 became the first International Women's Day. "March 8" Women's Day became a festival for women around the world to fight for their rights and liberation.
Clara Zetkin (Clara Zetkin, 1857.7.5 – 1933.6.20), originally named Clara Eisner, one of the leaders of the German Social Democratic Party and the left wing of the Second International, one of the leaders of the international socialist women's movement, and one of the founders of the German Communist Party, a soul figure of the liberation of proletarian women's rights.
In August 1910, Zetkin convened the Second International Socialist Women's Congress in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. She proposed that March 8 of each year be set as the day of struggle for women around the world. The March 8 of 1911 became the first International Women's Day. "March 8" Women's Day became a festival for women around the world to fight for their rights and liberation.
