Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is a day set aside for the celebration of women all over the world. Women’s Day is always celebrated on the 8th of March every year and it is an important day dedicated for the celebration of the achievements of women socially, economically, culturally and politically. The day is often also spent emphasizing the importance of women in the world.
The first Women’s Day was celebrated in 1909 and since then the day has been spent yearly to celebrate women. The early 1900’s was a period in which the world was expanding and getting highly industrialized and the world was giving room for more radical ideas such as fighting for the parity of women. A lot of organizations celebrate women’s day with a theme that specifically supports their cause or agenda.
The day is given different level of significance and meanings in different regions which ranges from celebration of love, celebration of respect and appreciation of the presence of women and the impact they are making in the world politically and socially. The day, several years ago, significant in history was a women’s strike which was instrumental in the election of the first female president in the world, Vigdís Finnbogadótti who became Iceland President in 1975.
International Women’s Day is a day all about advocacy, unity, action and reflection. It’s a day celebrated by everyone who cares about the right of humans and know the worth of women in the world. From region to region, this day is more significant in one region than the other. Themes are designed for Women’s Day by the United Nations and in some places it is highly celebrated and a strong awareness is made for the celebration of women and their achievements.
With the International Women’s Day being a worldwide celebration, one would think women have attained equality with men in today’s world but this is not so. There are still more men than women in business and politics but the good thing is a reasonable amount of progress has been made. There are female pilots, prime ministers, the girl child is allowed to go to school and even go to college, women are allowed to work and in some places, women take take care of their families. So every year, on March 8, women are inspired and their achievements are celebrated worldwide. Women’s Day is taken seriously in many countries that it is an official holiday in some of them such as China, Burkina Faso, Azerbaijan, Guinea-Bissau, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Madagascar (only women), Cambodia, Zambia, Vietnam, Nepal (only women), Turkmenistan, Laos, Uzbekistan, Russia, Ukraine, Mongolia, Cuba, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and Belarus. This day is taken very seriously by men who celebrate and show love to their girlfriends, mothers and wives with gifts, flowers, dinner or lunch. In some countries, Women’s Day has the same status with Mother’s day and we have children buying gifts for their mothers.
As the years roll by, the status of the international women’s day is rising and even Internet giant, Google always dedicates its doodle to celebrate with women. Women’s Day is a day that brings a lot of women from different parts of the world together to celebrate something common.