International Women’s Day mayseem like a modern holiday, but its history goes back more than a hundredyears. It started in the early 1900s during a time when women were fighting forbetter working conditions and equal rights. In 1908, about 15,000 women marchedthrough New York City. They protested against unfair treatment at work anddemanded shorter working hours, better pay, and the right to vote. This protestbecame one of the first major steps in the movement for women’s rights. A yearlater, in 1909, the Socialist Party of America provided the first NationalWomen’s Day in the United States. It was celebrated on the last Sunday ofFebruary until 1913. The holiday was celebrated for the first time in 1911 inAustria, Denmark, Switzerland, and Germany on March 19. Today, InternationalWomen's Day is celebrated every year on March 8 in many countries around theworld. It is a day to recognise women’s achievements in politics, science,business, culture, and society. It is also a reminder that the fight for genderequality, fair opportunities, and respect continues.
woman is one of themost powerful forces in the world. In her character, tenderness and resilience,wisdom and courage, compassion and the ability to transform reality beautifullycoexist. Women do not only give life — they shape the future. They raise generations,pass on values, and contribute to the development of science, art, diplomacy,business, and politics.
For me, women’srights are, first of all, the right to choose. The right to dream withoutlimitations. The right to build your own path, to set ambitious goals, and notbe afraid to be strong, confident, and determined. Every girl should know thather voice matters, that her ideas are important, and that her potential istruly limitless.
Today, Ukrainian women are apowerful symbol of strength, dignity, and resilience. In the most difficulttimes, they demonstrate incredible endurance, courage, and the ability tosupport others. They teach children, save lives, volunteer, create new opportunities,and take responsibility for the future.
▪️ Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistanifemale education activist, and producer of film and television. She is theyoungest Nobel Prize laureate in history, receiving the Peace Prize in 2014 atage 17, and is the second Pakistani and the only Pashtun to receive a NobelPrize. Yousafzai is a human rights advocate for the education of women andchildren in her native district, Swat, where the Pakistani Taliban had at timesbanned girls from attending school.
▪️Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie wasa pioneering Polish-French physicist and chemist who revolutionized scientificunderstanding of radioactivity, a term she coined. She was the first woman towin a Nobel Prize and remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in twodifferent scientific fields: Physics and Chemistry
▪️ Rosa LouiseMcCauley Parks was anAmerican civil rights activist. She is best known for her 1955 refusal to movefrom her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racialsegregation laws, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott.
▪️ Lesya Ukrainka was one of the mostfamous poets and writers in Ukraine. She was born in 1871, and her real nameLarysa Kosach. From childhood, she loved reading and learning languages. Sheknew many foreign languages and translated works of world literature into Ukrainian.
▪️ Olha Kharlan is a famous Ukrainianathlete and one of the best fencers in the world. She was born in 1990 in thecity of Mykolaiv. Since childhood, she has been involved in sports, and throughhard work she achieved great success.
▪️ Kira Muratova was an outstandingUkrainian film director and screenwriter. She was born in 1934 and made asignificant contribution to the development of Ukrainian and world cinema.
