International Women's Day

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Every March 8, the world celebrates International Women's Day. Celebrated 100 years ago to achieve gender equality, until now the goal has not been fully achieved.

Here are three things you need to know about the history of today and the themes raised in this year press for progress

International Women's Day is a celebration of the achievement of women globally and calls for gender equality.

This celebration began around 1909 as National Women's Day in the United States by a socialist party in honor of a garment workers' strike in 1909 in New York. At that time the women workers protested their working conditions.

In 1910, socialist supporters met in Copenhagen and adopted Women's Day to honor the women's rights movement and encourage support so that women can also participate in the elections.

The continuation of the meeting, which was followed by women from various countries, International Women's Day is commemorated first on March 19 in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland, in 1911.

The women made a demonstration on March 8, 1914 against World War I and demonstrated its solidarity with other activists.

Why wear purple?

Internationally, purple is a color that symbolizes women. The combination of purple and green is a symbol of women's equality originally derived from a British union in Britain in 1908.

Purple also represents justice and dignity, while green is a symbol of hope.

In 2018, the theme was press for progress to encourage gender equality.

With the outbreak of violent scandal in women in the Hollywood film industry and according to the Global Economic Forum report, it is estimated that it will take 217 more years to bring the gap between men and women together.

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