IWD – 3.8 International Women’s Day

Usuku Lwabesifazane Lwamazwe Ngamazwe (i-IWD ngamafuphi) lubizwa ngokuthi “Usuku Lwabesifazane Lwamazwe Ngamazwe”, “ngoMashi 8” kanye “nosuku Lwesi-8 Lwabesifazane” e-China.Umkhosi osungulwa ngoMashi 8 minyaka yonke ukugubha amagalelo abalulekile abesifazane kanye nempumelelo enkulu emikhakheni yezomnotho, ezombusazwe kanye nezenhlalo.
Umsuka woSuku Lwabesifazane Lwamazwe Ngamazwe ngoMashi 8 ungabalelwa ochungechungeni lwemicimbi emikhulu yenhlangano yabesifazane ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, okuhlanganisa:

Ngo-1909, amaSocialists aseMelika aqoka uFebhuwari 28 njengoSuku Lwabesifazane Lukazwelonke;

Ngo-1910, e-Copenhagen Conference of the Second International, abameleli besifazane abangaphezu kwe-100 abavela emazweni angu-17, eholwa nguClara Zetkin, bahlela ukusungula uSuku Lwabesifazane Lwamazwe Ngamazwe, kodwa abazange babeke usuku oluqondile;

NgoMashi 19, 1911, abesifazane abangaphezu kwesigidi bahlangana e-Austria, Denmark, Germany naseSwitzerland ukuzogubha uSuku Lomhlaba Lwabesifazane;

NgeSonto lokugcina ngo-February 1913, abesifazane baseRussia bagubha uSuku Lwabesifazane Lwamazwe Ngamazwe ngokubamba umboniso wokulwa neMpi Yezwe I;

Ngo-March 8, 1914, abesifazane abavela emazweni amaningi aseYurophu benza imibhikisho emelene nempi;

NgoMashi 8, 1917 (February 23 wekhalenda laseRussia), ukuze kukhunjulwe abesifazane baseRussia abacishe babe yizigidi ezimbili abashona eMpini Yezwe Yokuqala, abesifazane baseRussia babamba isiteleka, baqala “iNguquko kaFebhuwari”.Ngemva kwezinsuku ezine, i-Tsar yabulawa.Ephoqeleka ukuthi ahoxe, uhulumeni wesikhashana wamemezela ukunikeza abesifazane ilungelo lokuvota.

Kungashiwo ukuthi lolu chungechunge lwezinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo abesifazane eYurophu nasemazweni aseMelika ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20 lwaba nengxenye ngokuhlanganyela ekuzalweni koSuku Lwabesifazane Lwamazwe Ngamazwe ngoMashi 8, kunokuba “uSuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lwabesifazane” abantu abaluthatha kalula ifa nje lenhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe yamaKhomanisi.