Happy Women’s Day: Generally, a holiday is kept on some special day or festival in every country. However, this happens in very few countries where a holiday is kept on an international day. Today is Women’s Day. In such a situation, we are going to tell you about such countries which keep a holiday on this day celebrated in honor of women. So that this day can be celebrated in a very special way without worrying about work. So let’s know about those countries.
There is a holiday in these countries in honor of women.
Some countries declare a holiday on International Women’s Day. Which include countries like Afghanistan, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos.
There is a holiday in these countries too
Apart from this, this day is also an official holiday in Macedonia, Madagascar, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Vietnam and Zambia. It happens.
When did the celebration of International Women’s Day begin?
In the year 1910, a woman named Clara Zetkin laid the foundation of International Women’s Day. Which came out of the workers’ movement, it was later recognized by the United Nations as an annual celebration.
The beginning of making this day special started 115 years ago i.e. in 1908, when about 15 thousand women took out a parade in New York City, their demand was that women’s working hours should be reduced, they should get better salaries and women Should also get the right to vote. A year later, the Socialist Party of America announced the celebration of the first National Women’s Day. The idea of making it international first came to the mind of a woman named Clara Zetkin.
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