{"id":5456,"date":"2023-03-07T09:45:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T08:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/weybridge\/?p=5456"},"modified":"2023-07-26T08:18:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T07:18:40","slug":"international-womens-day-started-in-russia-in-1913-its-a-national-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/weybridge\/2023\/03\/07\/international-womens-day-started-in-russia-in-1913-its-a-national-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women&#8217;s Day started in Russia in 1913&#8230;it&#8217;s a National Holiday.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2m97f4\">International Women\u2019s Day is a time for recognising women\u2019s achievements and pushing for gender equality. But how do different countries mark the day? With celebration, with protest, with restrictions?<\/p>\n<div id=\"194218\" class=\"css-1dbz9hz\" title=\"[object Object]\">\n<div class=\"css-1a11m7k\">\n<div class=\"css-5fnb0b\">\n<p>Every year on 8 March, the world celebrates International Women\u2019s Day. The event, which has its roots in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalwomensday.com\/Activity\/15586\/The-history-of-IWD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">socialist feminist movements of the early 20th century<\/a>, is now a United Nations-recognised celebration \u2013 a day designed to shine a spotlight on women\u2019s achievements and bolster campaigns for gender equality.\u00a0But while International Women\u2019s 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 \u2013 although often this admiration is reserved for women who fit within a narrow and traditional feminine ideal. In other countries, International Women\u2019s Day is still a time for activism and protest.<\/p>\n<p>From Russia to Nepal, this is how countries across the world celebrate International Women\u2019s Day? Read on in this article from Stylist magazine..<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stylist.co.uk\/life\/international-womens-day-celebrate-different-world-europe-middle-east-china-africa\/194218.\">https:\/\/www.stylist.co.uk\/life\/international-womens-day-celebrate-different-world-europe-middle-east-china-africa\/194218.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Women\u2019s Day is a time for recognising women\u2019s achievements and pushing for gender equality&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":5375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,4,182,159],"tags":[113,108,119,176,36,43,37,169,86,78,71,34,183],"class_list":["post-5456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","category-diary","category-iwd2023","category-womens-health","tag-educatewomen","tag-alleviatepoverty","tag-elmbridgesoroptimists","tag-embraceequity","tag-genderequality","tag-generationequality","tag-humanrights","tag-iwd2023","tag-siwad","tag-soropotimistinternational","tag-westandupforwomen","tag-womensrights","tag-oleinwebster"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>International Women&#039;s Day started in Russia in 1913...it&#039;s a National Holiday.. | News | Blog | Events | SI Weybridge and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Weybridge and District : Blog &amp; News : International Women&#039;s Day started in Russia in 1913...it&#039;s a National Holiday.. : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Weybridge and District . 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