It is a date in which we show respect, appreciation and love towards women.

We also celebrate women's economic, political and social achievements.

8 March International Women's Day for the United Nations

since 1975

2011The theme for International Women's Day:

Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women.

Why women’s day?

Women haven’t got all the same rights and opportunities as men anywhere in the world.

The majority of the world's 1.3 billion absolute poor are women.Women earn 30 and 40 per cent less pay than 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 worldwide.

How it happened A brief history

1857: Women working in clothing and textile factories in New York City staged a protest. They were fighting against inhumane working conditions and low wages.

8 March 1908: 15,000 womenmarched through New York City .They demanded shorter work hours,better pay, voting rights and an endto child labour.

They adopted the slogan "Bread andRoses", with bread symbolizingeconomic security and roses a betterquality of life.

1909: First National Woman's Day to honour of the 1908 garment workers’ strike in New York, where women protested against working conditions.

And… in Spain? When?

Men suffrage: 1869 Woman suffrage: 1931

From 1947 to 1977, during Franco’s dictatorship, only men could vote in some cases.

1977: Universal suffrage

EQUALITY EVERYWHERE