International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 in Ukraine and around the world. This day marks the achievements of women in various fields, regardless of national or ethnic boundaries, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences.

 

The idea for the holiday came during the Second International Socialist Women’s Conference, held in Copenhagen in 1910. Eventually, on that day, women from around the world began taking to the streets to demonstrate in defence of women’s rights.

 

The holiday has been celebrated worldwide since 1975, following a call from the United Nations. In 1977, the UN General Assembly addressed all countries to proclaim any day of the year as the International Day of Women’s Rights and Peace, to create favourable conditions for the elimination of discrimination against women and for their full and equal involvement in social development.

 

This year’s theme of International Women’s Day is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.”

 

This theme aims to draw attention to the efforts of women and girls around the world to build an equal future and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.