International Women’s Day is a time for recognising women’s achievements and pushing for gender equality. But how do different countries mark the day? With celebration, with protest, with restrictions?
Every year on 8 March, the world celebrates International Women’s Day. The event, which has its roots in the socialist feminist movements of the early 20th century, is now a United Nations-recognised celebration – a day designed to shine a spotlight on women’s achievements and bolster campaigns for gender equality. But while International Women’s Day is recognised around the world, the way it is celebrated looks different from one nation to the next. In some countries, the occasion is treated as an opportunity to praise and honour women – although often this admiration is reserved for women who fit within a narrow and traditional feminine ideal. In other countries, International Women’s Day is still a time for activism and protest.
From Russia to Nepal, this is how countries across the world celebrate International Women’s Day? Read on in this article from Stylist magazine..https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/international-womens-day-celebrate-different-world-europe-middle-east-china-africa/194218.