Georgia celebrates International Women’s Day
International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year and it commemorates the movement for women's rights. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Today Georgia celebrates International Women’s Day.
International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year and it commemorates the movement for women's rights.
While the first observance of Women's Day was held on February 28, 1909 in New York, March 8 was suggested by the 1910 International Women's Conference to become International Women's Day.
Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there.
The day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted in 1975 by the United Nations.
Not a single country has achieved gender equality yet.
— United Nations (@UN) March 8, 2020
There’s been progress, but real change is agonizingly slow.
On Sunday's #InternationalWomensDay, @UN_Women explains how YOU can help create the gender-equal world we all deserve. https://t.co/XUtQ6ggKSW pic.twitter.com/5ef9Wk0ieV
The United Nations explains how each of us can help create "the gender-equal world we all deserve".