The 'National Women's Day', started in the year 1909 in the city of New York, is being celebrated as an international day around the world today.
According to the historical fact-based website History.com, when National Women's Day was first officially celebrated in New York on February 28, thousands of people and social activists put aside their personal differences to participate.
On this occasion, well-known writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, addressing the protesters in Brooklyn, said, 'It is true that women's work revolves around their home and playing the role of mother, but home means the whole country, and it is three or four. cannot be confined to rooms or to a single city or to a single state.'
After America, voices started to be raised in favor of 'Women's Day' in Europe, and on March 19, 1911, the first International Women's Day was celebrated. This year, more than 1 million people participated in rallies around the world.
When World War broke out three years later in 1914, all efforts at social reform came to a halt, but women continued to march for their rights.
But the largest demonstration was held in Russia on February 23, 1917, led by the pro-feminist activist Alexandra Kolotani.
After the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the Provisional Government granted women the right to vote, the first of the major world powers to do so.
Appreciating the importance of women's rights, Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Russian Communist Party, declared Women's Day a public holiday in 1917. After that, Spain and China also started giving a holiday on this day.
Finally, in 1975, the United Nations General Assembly started celebrating March 8 as International Women's Day.
Until the mid-1970s, International Women's Day was celebrated in most socialist countries. As of 2014, this day is celebrated in more than 100 countries and more than 25 countries have public holidays on this day.
The theme of this year's International Women's Day is related to the importance of technology and its increasing influence on everyday life.
According to the United Nations, 37 percent of women do not use the Internet, while today's life is increasingly dependent on technology, including online shopping, bank transactions, and more, in addition to keeping in touch with loved ones.
Despite the fact that half of the world's population consists of women, only 22% of women are involved in the field of artificial intelligence.
To recognize women working to advance technology and connect more women to the sector, the UN is celebrating International Women's Day with the theme 'Digital All: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality'.
