The day is a global celebration of social, economic and political achievements of women.

It's a global event where people come together to champion women's rights, female empowerment and gender equality.

Each year, International Women's Day is themed and this year the theme is each for equal.

The idea is to promote the power of collective change in the dry for equality.

The first National Women's Day was acknowledged in the U.

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In 1909 when 15,000 female workers went on strike in New York City to protest poor working conditions.

Bad pay on Demand the right to vote The following year, the Socialist Party of America declared the first National Women's Day in honor of the workers.

It was celebrated on International Day in 1911 when Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland became among the first countries outside of the U.

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To mark the day.

In 1917 Russian women staged a strike for bread and peace, protesting against food shortages and inflation.

Their strike led to them being granted the right to vote in 1975 United Nations announced the eighth of March as the official International Day to advance the status of women worldwide.

As part of its commitment to championing human rights, Majesty the Queen has asked me to form a new government.

An extraordinary amount has changed for women over the past century.

Women can now vote, own their own property and stand for office.

What more could we possibly want?

Well, while many continue to deny the necessity of feminism, there's a lot still to be done.

Theme the UK The gender pay gap remains at 17%.

As a result of this, women work for free for two months a year.

More than 200 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to female genital mutilation.

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Don't tell me where the name getting can't even minutely work.

There's any Colombia.

Almost one in three women will experience domestic abuse in her lifetime on women's reproductive rights are still being challenged across the globe.

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U.

N report The analyzed data from 75 countries found that 90% of people bias against women, with 1/3 thinking that it's okay for a man to beat his wife.

Meanwhile, a survey of 20,000 people conducted by King's College London found that more than 1/4 of men think it's acceptable to tell sexual jokes at work.

There are lots of things you can do to support International Women's Day.

You can donate to a women's charity, join one of thousands of events happening around the world and promote the work of other women.

In Italy, International Women's Day is called Laugh.

Esther Della Donna on People celebrate the women in their lives by giving them bright yellow most of blossom flowers that represent female strength in China.

Women also bought presents and many companies off a female employees Half day off to celebrate in Berlin, International Women's Day is a public holiday.

And in the United States, March is Women's History Month and the achievements of American women celebrated.