March 8 is’World Women’s Day’. It is a day to commemorate the rise of women workers in the United States in 1908 in honor of women who died in fire in their workplaces. The United Nations officially designated March 8, 1977 as’World Women’s Day’.
In San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, South America, a march organized by women’s organizations took place one day ahead of World Women’s Day on the 7th (local time). The requirement is “Stop misogynistic killings.” The hands of a woman in a white dress are tied. EPA=Yonhap News
On March 8, 1908, 15,000 women workers from the United States gathered in New York to protest for the right to vote and for freedom of union formation. During the protests, they cried out, “Give me bread and roses.” Bread meant the right to live for women who suffered from low wages compared to men, and rose meant the right to suffrage. At that time, women workers in the United States worked 12-14 hours a day in poor fields, but were not given basic rights such as voting rights and union formation.
After the first event was held in Europe in 1911, movements demanding the elimination of gender discrimination and the improvement of women’s status have spread from around the world. On Women’s Day around the world, an event is held to distribute bread and roses. However, even today, well beyond Women’s Day 100 years, the demands of women are not very different from before. On March 8th, women around the world are crying out, “Do not kill, do not touch, do not discriminate.”
On the 7th, in an apartment in Zurich, Switzerland, a projection is projected to stop sexual violence against women. Amnesty International was organized by women’s rights organization. Reuters = Yonhap News
A fence was installed in Mexico City’s National Square in memory of the victims of the misogynistic murder. AFP=Yonhap News
On the 7th, women are performing in a coffin performance in Tel Aviv, the capital of Israel. It represents women who have been victims of domestic violence. AFP=Yonhap News
Ecuadorian women participate in the 7th International Women’s Day event. He hung a chain around his neck and wrote on his back, “Don’t bother” and “Don’t touch.” AP=Yonhap News
A woman from Ecuador participates in the World Women’s Day parade on the 7th, wearing a green winter hat and green makeup on her face. AP=Yonhap News
Brazilian women are demonstrating a car one day ahead of Women’s Day on the 7th. There is also a demand for everyone to get the Corona 19 vaccine. AP=Yonhap News
French women are holding a women’s day rally at the Republic Square in Paris on the 7th. He posted a banner saying’Still a feminist!’ AP=Yonhap News
Guatemalan women march to celebrate Women’s Day in Guatemala City’s historic district on the 7th. AFP=Yonhap News
Santo Domingo women hold a rally in front of the National Assembly demanding a passport extension on the 7th. AFP=Yonhap News
Pakistani women are riding motorcycles at the’Women’s Leadership Rally’ in Karachi on the 7th. International Women’s Day is celebrated in various places around the world. EPA=Yonhap News
A man in Grozny, Russia, buys a bouquet on the street seven days before International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day is a public holiday in Russia, and men give flowers or gifts to women. AP=Yonhap News
Unlike women-led rallies and protests that are actively taking place on Women’s Day in many countries around the world, you can also see men celebrating the day.
The Labor Newspaper, an agency of the North Korean Labor Party, released a number of photos of women who received bouquets of thanks while raising women on the 8th International Women’s Day (World Women’s Day). The newspaper reported that on a meaningful day, “the pride that our women are the most beautiful in the world” is being engraved. News 1
On the 8th, the International Women’s Day, the’Flower Eating for Women Always’ held at the main building of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation in Seoul. Nonghyup president Lee Seong-hee and other executives and employees are presenting roses and bread made with Korean rice to female employees. Newsis
In Korea, Na Hye-seok and Park In-deok have commemorated World Women’s Day since 1920, but the pulse was cut off due to the Japanese imperial repression, and the commemoration began in 1985. The revised bill of the’Basic Act on Gender Equality’, which designates Women’s Day as a legal anniversary in 2018, was passed by the National Assembly.
Reporter Choi Jeong-dong
