What is International Women’s Day?
International Women’s Day is on 8 March every year. On this day people celebrate the achievements of women all over the world, but also continue to fight for more equality (平等) for women.
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It started with a protest (抗议) in New York City in 1908, when women went out onto the streets to say they wanted the right to vote. They also wanted shorter working hours and better pay. Then, in 1910 in Denmark, there was a meeting about women’s rights, where a woman called Clara Zetkin had the idea for an international day for women. The first International Women’s Day happened the next year.
Why do we need a special day for women?
Around the world, most countries have a man leader and mostly man politicians (从政者). Most businesses have mostly a man leader. Men get paid more than women for doing the same job. In many countries, men also get a better education and better healthcare, and do less work at home and with their children.
We need change!
And the changes need to start with girls. Did you know that, around the world: more boys than girls go to and finish school; more boys than girls have access (使用权) to the Internet; in lots of schools, there aren’t any toilets for girls; more boys than girls are encouraged to learn science and maths; boys get more opportunities than girls to learn how to be a leader; lots of girls have to do much more housework than boys; more boys do a healthy amount of sports and exercise than girls?
All these things mean that when lots of girls grow up, they don’t get good jobs and they don’t become leaders who can help change things. We need to change things because having equality is a basic human right.
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