In 1910 a second International Conference of Working Women was held in Copenhagen. A woman named a Clara Zetkin (Leader of the Womens Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany) tabled the idea of an International Womens Day. She proposed that every year in every country there should be a celebration on the same day - a Womens Day - to press for their demands. International Womens Day is now an official holiday in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (for women only), Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women only), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal (for women only), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zambia.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 18:34:42 +0000
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