March 8th is celebrated as international Women's Day today to show respect to the women. The day is a historic day for two reasons. First of all, on march 8th 1857, a large number of factory workers in the United States went to the streets to demand their economic and political rights. The factory owners called the police who arrived and immediately opended fire, engaging in blind repression. Secondly, in 1908, the same date of March 8th once again a memorable date of struggle and fight. on this day in Chicago capitalist bosses set fire to a textile factory where over a thousand women worked. A very large number was terribly burnt and 120 died. This horrible crime happened simply because the workers were demanding that the legal 8-hour work day be respected. At that time women as well as men workers were working in a terrible environment with little or not dignity at all. International women's Day (IWD) celebrates women's achievements and calls for gender equality. on this day, people honor the contributions of women in various fields like politics, Science,
arts, economics and more. International women's Day celebrates the fact that women around the world are united and has been fighting to create an equal platform for all irrespective of gender discrimination.
During world war 1, international women's Day crossed the borders of America and reached Russia. In 1917 in Russia, International Women's Day acquired great significance - it was the flashpoint for the Russian Revolution on march 8th (Western calendar) women workers in Petrograd  held a mass strike and demonstration demanded Peace and Bread,  The strike movement spread from factory to factory and effectively became in insurrection. However in 1922, in honor of the women's role on IWD in 1917, Lenin declared that March 8th Should be designed officially as Women's Day. The united Nation declared the day as international women's Day in 1975.

Today we acknowledge that IWD gives us an opportunity to draw attention to our own struggles for women's rights, to link this with women's struggles world wide and to demonstrate international Sisterly solidarity with working women everywhere.