International Women's Day marked in Moldova
12:24 | 08.03.2021 Category: Culture
Chisinau, 8 March /MOLDPRES/- Today, International Women's Day is celebrated in the Republic of Moldova, together with many countries in the world.
This year, on this occasion the European Parliament highlights the key role of women during the Covid crisis. Women are at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, among other things, and they are the majority in the health sector. Yet they are also among the most affected, often with precarious or insecure jobs, in sectors that have disappeared or transformed due to the crisis. In addition, repeated lockdowns have led to increased domestic violence. MEPs call for the inequalities to be combated.
The European Parliament will celebrate International Women's Day at the plenary session on 8 March. A video message from New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be released on the occasion.
International Women's Day is celebrated annually on 8 March to commemorate both the social achievements, policies and economic conditions of women, and the discrimination and violence that still make their presence felt in many parts of the world. International Women's Day was adopted in 1977 by a resolution of the UN General Assembly.
Women's Day was first celebrated on 28 February 1909 in New York, in memory of a strike by a women's union, which had taken place in 1908. In August 1910, on the occasion of the Socialist International meeting in Copenhagen, it was proposed to celebrate International Women's Day, without specifying a date. International Women's Day was first celebrated the following year, on 19 March 1911. Since 1913, women in Russia had celebrated Women's Day on the last Sunday in February.
After the October Revolution of 1917, 8 March was declared an official holiday in Russia, and only in 1965 it became a non-working day.
On 8 March International Women's Day is celebrated in 60 states, in some countries being declared a day off by law. As of March 8, women and girls are usually given gifts, flowers or other accessories.
