Sharan Burrow, ACTU President and President of the global unions body – ICFTU.
Why March 8?
From the turn of the century women in industrially developing countries were entering the paid workforce in increasing numbers. They found employment in the textile manufacturing and domestic service industries where conditions were poor and wages low.
[International Women's Day] was of course formally recognised in 1977 by the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday for women.
However International Women's Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; its campaigns and its celebrations are rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men.
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