March 8 - International Women's Day

On March 8 Bulgaria, along with the whole world, celebrates the Women’s Day. The holiday is related to women’s solidarity in their strike for world peace, independence, and economical and social equality of rights. It was confirmed in 1910, at a meeting in Copenhagen, when the Women's Socialist International decided to commemorate this strike by observance of an annual day for women's rights/issues – International Women's Day. In 1977, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring March 8th as United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace to be observed on that date. The roots of International Women's Day began almost 150 years ago on March 8, 1857 when hundreds of New York women workers protested against low wages, long working hours and inhumane working conditions. The holiday was observed for the first time in 1911 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark, and later in 1913 – in Russia, and France. Bulgaria celebrates the Women’s Day as of the beginning of the past century. Today, this is one of the favorite holidays of the women, particularly the mothers.