Tag Archive: International womens day

Mar
08

International Women’s Day and Migrant Women’s Rights

International Women’s Day and Migrant Women’s Rights by Filomenita Mongaya Høgsholm History Entwined If it were not for immigrant women, we might not be celebrating the 8th of March as International Women’s Day (IWD) today, where we honour and recognize women’s contributions, and also protect their rights. Although IWD has been observed since the early …

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Mar
07

International Women’s Day Centenary sees largest ever activity

International Women’s Day Centenary sees largest ever activity London, March 2, 2011: March 8 sees the highest level of global women’s activity ever witnessed as groups celebrate the International Women’s Day centenary. The first International Women’s Day events were run in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland in 1911 and attended by over one million people. …

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Mar
09

Happy International Women’s Day 2009

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Today we celebrate the International Women’s Day and I thank all our fore Mothers in their effort to fight for women’s right which was unheard of more than 100 years ago. In Copenhagen we celebrated 100 years of women’s right to vote in the local elections and it was celebrated for almost a year. I …

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