Celebrations of International Women's Day take

place in all the world's major cities and across na-

tions.Millions of women get together to discuss se-

-veral issues which are relevant and important for

women who go on fighting for equal rights.

International Women's Day started as a soci-

-alist campaign.Today it is a global movement.

If you click on this link below you may check

how women organize themselves for this spe-

-cial day.

http://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme

The Socialist Party of America organised the first

National Women's Day across the USA in 1909.

In 1910 a German socialist leader Clara Zetkin su-

-ggested the idea of an International Women's Day.

She proposed an annual event to promote their

ideals.This resulted in the first International Wo-

-men's Day on March 19th,1911.More than 1 mi -

-llion people attended the marches in Austria,Den-

-mark,Germany and Switzerland.Russian women

first observed Women's Day in 1913.

Until 1913,Women's Day was on the last Sunday

of February,but it then changed to March 8th.

Do you think it is a good idea to celebrate

this day ?

Are women's lives really different and better

in most societies nowadays?