Talk:International Women's Day

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The article says that Women's Day ... commemorates the Triangle Factory Fire (New York, 1911), where over 140 women lost their lives, but the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire says that the fire occured on March 25, 1911. How come? --romanm (talk) 20:54, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Klara Tsetkin

I was talking to a friend of mine from a former Soviet satellite state who mentioned the name of this women in reference to International Woman's Day. From what little I can gather on the internet, the story seems to go that she was responsible for choosing the date of this holiday in the Eastern Bloc. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Does it have some truth, or is it just Soviet propaganda? --jrs 12:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

According to the German article, Clara Tsetkin suggested the creation of an international women's day on 1910-08-27 the Second International Women's Conference in Copenhagen, but named no specific date. It was first celebrated on March 18 and 19 of the following year in Denmark, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. On 1917-03-08 (Gregorian Calendar) there was a strike of women in Sankt Petersburg that led to the Februar Revolution, and the Second International Conference of Communist Women in Moscow 1921 moved the IWD to this date.

So, according to this article, the story is true, and the IWD was a thoroughly Communist thing in the beginning. -- 213.47.127.75 13:50, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Where is IWD an official holiday?

Is Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Macedonia a full list of countries where this day is an official holiday? Russian Wikipedia mentions also Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Is it true?--213.247.213.207 20:21, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Both of the countries' articles mention it as a public holiday in enwiki. (I wonder if that means that people don't have to work that day :-) Alensha 23:08, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, this does mean people do not have to work that day. It is true at least for Ukraine, and since all these (except Macedonia) were republics of the USSR (which held it this way) I think it is also true for the other mentioned countries. 193.111.251.242 10:28, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

In India, IWD holds a lot of significance. one can easily see a lot of celebrations going on on this day. This portrays the power of women in the modern era and how vital her role is in the society. One of the local malls in pune is even organising a cultural event on the occasion of IWD, and they plan to give away designer shoes that fit any women trying them on. way to go...

[edit] Merging in minor article

There's an article on MDZ (International Women's Day in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1989), but it's really quite short. I suggest it should be merged into this main article on the IWD. --Sverre 17:39, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

That seems like a perfectly reasonable idea: why don't you go ahead with it. — Gareth Hughes 17:53, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Done. Do we keep that long article title as a redirect, or should it be deleted and a shorter one created? (It's not likely anyone will type "MDZ (International Women's Day in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1989)" instead of MDŽ or MDZ). Alensha 23:04, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Alensha. You are right that it is unlikely that anyone will type that long title into a search, but you never know how many external links there may be to it. As redirects are cheap, it's usually best to use one. That way, if anyone does come looking for the article they can find where it has moved to. — Gareth Hughes 23:09, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Alensha. :) --Sverre 19:32, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Can we get some sources for IWD in Czechoslovakia? Now it all looks like somebody typing in what they heard somewhere. Zocky | picture popups 20:00, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

It is true that in Czechoslovakia after 1989 the view on IWD was not very nice. But it was rather because of the practices done during communistic times. As people forgot these things, they return to the celebration of this day, at least symbolically - for example by giving flowers to women. Quite many people think it should not be an official state holiday day anymore (however, it is, and always was a normal work day); and many people believe it was created by communists. The day is often politicized topic. Just today, there was a long discussion in the Czech Parliament whether it should stay a state holiday or not. The result was: it stays (the leftist parties were for it, rightist ones against, many MPs ignored this voting). Normal people, in general, are not very interested in similar political discussions because they do not affect their lives at all but they show the incompetency of the politicians. Miraceti 17:04, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

For people, who don't know about the background of IWD during communistic era: The day was very politicized. Roughly said, in fact, who did not celebrate the day, was against the Communists. Communistic labour unions arranged parties to celebrate the day. These were rather misused for a political agitation. Women get small gifts which should tighten them to the regime. The celebrations used to end in wild drinking parties of Communists and people sympatizing with them. Nowadays, people younger than 30 years do not have the IWD connected with these practices. Miraceti 17:04, 6 February 2007 (UTC)