Kansainvälinen Naistenpäivä


On 8th of March, most of the countries in the world celebrate International Women’s Day, in Finnish it is called “Kansainvälinen Naistenpäivä”. In 1975, the International Year of Women, the United Nations reaffirmed the day’s celebration and called it “United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace”.

Nowadays, it is an official holiday in many countries, and thousand of events are held worldwide to celebrate women. For example, in the socialist countries, International Women’s Day is a national holiday, and in the workplaces and squares men remembered women with roses and different activities. In other countries, this day is similar to “Mother’s Day”, and men give presents and roses to their mothers, wives and friends. In Spain, this day is used to claim women’s rights. Women and some men do strike and go to the streets for shout for equality in jobs and daily life.

In Finland, there is not the tradition to do anything special this day, but I’m lucky to work with Daisy Ladies, a women refugee’s centre, and they celebrate this day. This 8th March, we made our own flags of our countries and we did a little parade close to the river, where we threw roses to symbolize this beautiful day.

It is not important the way you celebrate this day. To claim for women’s rights, to give presents or to do parades, everything is amazing! The key is to celebrate it together, because all of us have to be glad to be who is, and we must be glad to be women.




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