Why are we celebrating the International Women’s Day on the 8th of March?

In 1917, on Sunday February 23 (according to the Julian calendar then in use in Russia), women began a strike for "bread and peace" in response to the death of over 2 million Russian soldiers in World War 1.

After the Russian revolution that took place the same year, the country adopted the Gregorian calendar, in which the 23rd of February corresponded to the 8th of March.

It was also in 1917 that communist government headed by Vladimir Lenin made this day an official holyday.

Remained predominantly a communist holiday till the late 1960s, in 1965 the 8th of March became also a non-working day in the Soviet Union.

International Women's Day was first officially recognised by the United Nations in 1977.

It has since been commemorated annually by the UN and much of the world, with each year's observance dedicated to a particular theme or issue in women's rights.

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