11/03/2026
๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฑ โจ
Here at Bakson Ltd, we proudly recognize the amazing women on our team and the contributions they make! To celebrate, the women of Bakson Ltd. received gifts and headed out for a team lunch together.
But do you know how the day came about?
๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐๐ต ๐
Globally known as ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ (๐๐ช๐), March 8th is a day dedicated to not only recognizing women and their achievements but advocating for gender equality as well. Before the corporate campaigns and the gifts, IWD was born from a fierce demand for change.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐
The roots of IWD can be traced back to labor movements from the early 20th century.
๐๐ป ๐ญ๐ต๐ฌ๐ด, women garment workers in ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ protested for better working conditions, better pay, shorter hours, and the right to vote, as well as for the end to child labor, which was rampant in factories at the time. At the International Socialist Women's Conference held in ๐ญ๐ต๐ญ๐ฌ in ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป, activist ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ป proposed the creation of an international womenโs day. The first actual large-scale IWD celebrations took place ๐ถ๐ป ๐ญ๐ต๐ญ๐ญ across ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ, and ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
On ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐๐ต, ๐ญ๐ต๐ญ๐ณ, women workers in Petrograd protested for โpeace and breadโ, which helped them gain voting rights shortly afterward.
๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
The global movement was officially cemented when the United Nations declared ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ฑ to be International Women's Year. This was officially followed up with their adopting a resolution in ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ณ recognizing March 8th as International Womenโs day.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐
While traditions have evolved, the spirit remains as vibrant ever. Today it is common to give flowers and small gifts (an especially popular tradition here in Eastern Europe and the Balkans as well as in Italy!). Both marches for furthering womenโs rights and raising awareness through equality campaigns are common to mark IWD. Formal events are also held to celebrate womenโs achievements in business and in public life.
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ!
How is your team or company celebrating today? Let us know in the comments below! ๐