08/03/2008  International Women's Day 2008

Each year on 8 March, hundreds of International Women's Day events occur all around the world. IWD events range from small informal gatherings to large-scale highly organised events. All celebrate women's advancement and highlght the need for continued vigilance and action.

The first International Women's Day was launched on 8 March 1911 in Copenhagen by Clara Zetkin, Leader of the'Women's Office' for the Social Democratic Party in Germany. This followed many years of women's campaigning dating back to British MP, John Stuart Mill, the first person in Parliament calling for women's right to vote.

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