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Međunarodni dan žena slavi se 8. ožujka svake godine diljem svijeta. Obilježavanje ovog dana usmjereno je na spolnu ravnopravnost, slave se kulturna, politička, socioekonomska i sva druga postignuća žena.

Obilježavanje ovog dana započelo je u ranom 20. stoljeću, zajedno s radničkim pokretom u Sjevernoj Americi i Europi. Jedna od prvih proslava bila je u organizirana u New Yorku 1909. godine, a jedina je razlika bio datum obilježavanja – 28. veljače. Nakon Revolucije 1917. godine, Sovjetska Rusija proglasila je nacionalni praznik 8. ožujka kako bi se slavila ženska postignuća. Nakon toga je 1960-ih godina feministički pokret također prihvatio obilježavanje ovog dana, a 1977. godine usvojili su ga i Ujedinjeni narodi.

Danas se Međunarodni dan žena slavi u mnogo zemalja svijeta, a u nekima je to čak i javni praznik. Ujedinjeni narodi svake godine osmisle temu za proslavu, a ovogodišnja je tema „ravnopravnost spolova danas za održivije sutra“. Time se žene ohrabruje da podignu glas o klimatskim promjenama i održivom razvoju kako bi uloge u donošenju odluka bile ravnopravne i doprinijele većoj ravnopravnosti spolova.  

We would like to congratulate all Roma women and all other women in the world the International Women’s Day!

International Women’s Day is celebrated worldwide on the 8th of March annually. The celebration is focused on gender equality, it celebrates women’s cultural, political socioeconomic and all other achievements.

The celebration of this day originated during the beginning of the XXth century among labor movements of North America and Europe. One of the first celebrations was organized in New York as early as in 1909, the only difference was the date - 28th of February. After the Revolution of 1917, Soviet Russia declared a national holiday on the 8th of march to celebrate women’s achievements. Than in 1960s the holiday was adopted by the global feminist movement, and in 1977 followed the adoption by United Nations.

Nowadays International Women’s Day is widely celebrated in a variety of countries, in some of them it is even a public holiday. The United Nations provides a theme for each celebration, this year’s International Women’s Day theme is ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’, empowering women with voices about climate change and sustainable development to play equal roles in decision-making and bring greater gender equality.