What is it?
International Women's Day (IWD) was originally called International Working Women's Day and it is marked the 8th of March. It is a celebration of respect for women's achievements in relation to economy, politics and society.
Why do we celebrate this day?
The first International Women's Day commemorated a demonstration by women workers in New York in 1857 but what established the modern celebration was the was a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory (N.Y) on 25th March, 1911. It was provoked and killed 146 women workers, most of them immigrants.
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