The earliest event(National Women Day) was observed in the United State of America on the 28th of Feb 1909. The Socialist Party of America designated this day in honor of the 1908 garment workers’ strike in New York, where women protested against working condition. In 1975, the United Nations gave official sanction to March 8 as the “International Women’s Day Celebration” and began sponsoring it. The global celebration which aim to inspire women across the world and reflect on “progress made, a call for change and to celebrate Act of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played extraordinary role in the history of their communities and countries.”
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