International Women’s Day 2022: Every year International Women’s Day is celebrated on 8 March. The purpose behind celebrating this day is to promote the rights of women.
International Women’s Day is celebrated as a celebration of the economic, political and social achievements of women, showing respect, admiration and love for women.
International Women’s Day 2022: Theme
Every year International Women’s Day is based on some theme and this time the theme is – “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”.
This year’s theme emphasizes gender equality. For some time, there has been a lot of discussion about gender equality all over the world.
People have become very conscious of this subject. Let us know about the history of International Women’s Day and what is its importance.
On Women’s Day, read stories of real, unapologetic women
History of International Women’s Day 2022:
The United Nations started celebrating Women’s Day on March 8, 1975, but before that an exercise had been done to celebrate it in the year 1909.
In fact, in the year 1909, for the first time in America, Women’s Day was celebrated on 28 February.
The Socialist Party of America had chosen this day to honor the 1908 strike of garment workers in New York.
On the other hand, Russian women first registered their protest against the First World War by celebrating Women’s Day on 28 February.
Russian women went on strike in 1917 demanding bread and pieces. The strike started on the last Sunday of February.
It was a historic strike and when the Tsar of Russia left power, the interim government there gave women the right to vote.
In Europe, on March 8, women took out rallies to support peace activists.
International Women’s Day 2022: Significance
International Women’s Day is celebrated keeping in mind things like making people aware of giving respect and love to women and making women aware of their rights.
This day is of great importance to raise the spirits of women and remove the inequality spread in the society.
