This celebration of 8M, dates back to the early years of the 20th century and is linked to the first demonstrations by women in the United States to obtain the right to vote and improve their working conditions. During the first years of the last century, numerous protests by women took place to claim their labor rights in the United States.
In 1908, around 15,000 working women took to the streets of New York under the slogan ‘Bread and Roses’, protesting against endless hours, inhuman conditions and low wages, although it was not until three years later that the event would take place. that definitively marked the feminist movement.
On March 25 – 1911, the deadliest industrial disaster in New York City (as cataloged by the International Labor Organization) occurred; 146 women died in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist textile factory due to landslides, burns and smoke poisoning. The tragedy resulted from the factory owners sealing off the building’s exits. But these deaths were not in vain, they led to important changes in labor legislation. In addition to the birth of the International Union of Women Textile Workers.
This March 8 marks International Women’s Day, a date that brings together millions of women around the world to demand the protection and respect of their rights, eradicate gender violence and raise awareness about the importance of equality. It is not a celebration, as dictated by the slogan that circulates in the demonstrations “Don’t congratulate me, fight with me”.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, gender equality is fundamental to delivering on the promises of sustainability, peace and human progress. How far have we come in turning the 2030 Agenda into results for women and girls on the ground, and what is needed to bridge the remaining gaps between rhetoric and reality?
Credits: UN Woman
Today we celebrate a fight with much to improve. Gender rights will gradually reduce their deficiencies through conscientization of the population. Today we raise our hands for a cause that goes beyond female inclusion, but rather in the improvement of the general population.