[灌水]happy women's day!

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ladies, just enjoy your time!

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<P>International Women's Day - March 8</P><P>Nowhere in the world can women truly claim that they have the same rights and opportunities of their male counterparts. On March 8th each year, this important day is reserved as an opportunity for women the world over to have their issues heard. </P><P>Background: International Women's Day</P><P>According to recent UN reports – “They (women) continue to be among the poorest: the majority of the world's absolute poor are women. Three quarters of the women over the age of 25, in much of Asia and Africa, are illiterate. On the average, women receive between 30 to 40 cents less than males for the same work. Everywhere women continue to be victims of violence, with rape and domestic violence listed as significant causes of disability and death among women of reproductive age.“</P><P>The roots of International Women's Day began almost 150 years ago on March 8, 1857. On this date, one of the first real organized actions of women's solidarity took place in New York City. Hundreds of women staged a strike against the garment and textile factories in New York City, protesting low wages, long working hours and inhumane working conditions.</P><P>Fifty-three years later, in 1910, at a meeting in Copenhagen, 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.</P><P>In 1975, during International Women's Year, the UN began to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th. Two years later, 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 a date to be chosen by each UN Member State.</P>