Romania Celebrates 8 March, International Women's Day
8 March is now recognized worldwide as the day that celebrates women but it started as a socialist political event long time ago in Eastern Europe, Russia and the Soviet Bloc.
International Women’s Day was first launched in Europe on 19 March 1911, as a result of Clara Zetkin’s proposal, but socialist women in U.S. had been already initiated a move on this topic back in 1908.
Clara Zetkin was a leader of the Women’s Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany and she came up with the idea that every country should celebrate in the same day, Women’s Day- for all ladies to demand their rights. Later, in 1913 the festivity was moved on 8 March and since then, this day has remained the global date for International Women’s Day.
Today, on 8 March we praise all women because they deserve, but this day belongs, first of all to those women, who have given us the right to vote, the right to education and culture, contraception and divorce, the right to choose and to say “No”, the right of being free!
