International Women's Day
On March 8 each year, International Women's Day is celebrated across the world. In Algeria, the opportunity is taken to measure the progress made and take stock of women's rights and their political, social, cultural and economic emancipation.
The commemoration of this day dates back to the end of the 19th century in the United States and Europe where demonstrations highlighting the struggle of women to obtain better working conditions and the recognition of their fundamental rights, such as the right to vote, were organized. Several versions are put forward as to the exact origin of this day, the most widespread being that on March 8, 1857 in New York, women textile workers protested against their poor working conditions and launched strikes to demand more equality with men and better wages.
Other versions, cited in United Nations publications, maintain that International Women's Day is instead linked to a demonstration in favor of women's suffrage organized by the National Women's Committee of the American Socialist Party.
Known first as Women's Day, this event would have taken place on February 28, 1909 and would have been celebrated annually in the United States on the last Sunday of February until 1913. Another version reports that the famous German socialist leader, Clara Zetkin, would have presented a resolution at the 2nd International Conference of Socialist Women of 1910 in Copenhagen, Denmark, to recognize the struggles led by women throughout the world. world.
The first International Women's Day was therefore celebrated on March 19 the following year in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. In 1977, two years after the celebration of International Women's Year, the United Nations adopted a resolution in favor of a women's rights day. March 8 was therefore the date chosen.
The commemoration of this day dates back to the end of the 19th century in the United States and Europe where demonstrations highlighting the struggle of women to obtain better working conditions and the recognition of their fundamental rights, such as the right to vote, were organized. Several versions are put forward as to the exact origin of this day, the most widespread being that on March 8, 1857 in New York, women textile workers protested against their poor working conditions and launched strikes to demand more equality with men and better wages.
Other versions, cited in United Nations publications, maintain that International Women's Day is instead linked to a demonstration in favor of women's suffrage organized by the National Women's Committee of the American Socialist Party.
Known first as Women's Day, this event would have taken place on February 28, 1909 and would have been celebrated annually in the United States on the last Sunday of February until 1913. Another version reports that the famous German socialist leader, Clara Zetkin, would have presented a resolution at the 2nd International Conference of Socialist Women of 1910 in Copenhagen, Denmark, to recognize the struggles led by women throughout the world. world.
The first International Women's Day was therefore celebrated on March 19 the following year in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. In 1977, two years after the celebration of International Women's Year, the United Nations adopted a resolution in favor of a women's rights day. March 8 was therefore the date chosen.