International protests women require equal rights and stop discrimination, sexual abuse

Women around the world will call for equal payment, Reproductive rightsEducation, justice and decision -making during demonstrations celebrating International Women's Day on Saturday.

Officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, International Women's Day Honored by -different and varying degrees in places around the world. Protests are often political – and sometimes fierce – they are introduced in the efforts of women to improve their rights as workers.

The demonstrations are planned from Tokyo to Mexico City, and the world theme of this year is the “Acceleration of Action”, which comes at the moment when many activists are worried that the current political environment can lead to the abandonment of many rights for which they have long been fighting. Last year, every fourth countries reported a reaction against women's rights, according to the UN.

That's what you can know about the global event on March 8:

International Women's Day is a global holiday – and a call for action – marked by demonstrations, mostly women, all over the world, starting from fighting protests to charity. Some point out the economic, social and political achievements of women, and others call on governments to guarantee equal payment, access to health care, justice for the victims of gender violence and education for girls.

This is an official holiday in more than 20 countries, including AfghanistanBurkina -fos, Ukraine, Russia and Cuba, the only one in America.

Like other aspects of life, social media play an important role on International Women's Day, especially by increasing the demonstrations held in countries with repressive governments to women and in general.

While the idea of ​​a women's day arose in the United States with the American Socialist Party in 1909, it was a German feminist who pushed the World Honor during the International Socialist Women Conference in 1910 in Copenhagen. Next year, Events across Europe The day noted, and during the First World War the women used it to protest against the armed conflict, which lasted from 1914 to 1918.

International Women's Day is observed on March 8 after a large -scale protest in Russia on February 23, 1917, which led to a possible country's exit from the war. At the time, Russia did not adopt the Gregorian calendar and still used the Julian calendar.

“On February 23, in Russia, which was on March 8 in Western Europe, women took to the streets and protested for bread and peace,” said Kristen Chase, Professor and Chairman of Russian and Eastern European Studies in Pennsylvania. “The authorities could not stop them, and then, as soon as the men saw that the women took to the streets, all employees began to come and join the women.”

The UN began honoring the holiday in 1975, which was the International Women's Year, and its General Assembly officially recognized the day two years later.

On March 8, women in Eastern Europe have long received flowers – and sometimes weekends. But chocolate candy and candy may face humiliating gestures, showing lack of understanding of the struggle that makes women protest, especially in regions where protests were fighting.

In Turkey, women in 2023 dared to officially ban the International Women's Day in Istanbul and protested about two hours before the police used tear gas to disperse the crowd and detain dozens.

In Mexico, which hosts one of the largest marches in the region, this year is marked by sharp contrasts. While the country notes its first president, many also pay for victims of brutal violence against women – including Femicide. In Mexico and Latin America, the rate of violence against women and sustainable machisms often leave tension, boiling on March 8, when participants of the action require justice.

According to the UN, a woman or a girl is killed every 10 minutes by a family or partner, and over the last decade, women have jumped over the conflict.

Ghodsee said across the country right to abortionending with constitutional defense, which was on the spot for almost 50 years.