Every year on March 8, International Women’s Day is celebrated to commemorate and honour women’s accomplishments, raise awareness about gender disparities and discrimination, and promote global support for women.
A host of excellent events has occurred in Hull to celebrate International Women’s Day. On the evening of March 8, 2023, in the city of Hull, the Kurdish diaspora centre held a party for the international woman day anniversary in which a group of women, children and their families participated, which was about 35 women.
In that event, they promised to play an active role in the Kurdish Diaspora Centre to serve Kurdish culture and help the community, especially caring about the occasions and learning the Kurdish language and culture. However, many other events in the United Kingdom have been organized by different Kurdish diaspora centres in Britain to celebrate on March 8.
Hull Kurdish diaspora centre organized this event with various activities, such as a Kurdish dance, singing, and clothing performances; they also held a meeting and discussed future plans for all Kurdish families from all four parts of Kurdistan in Hull and surrounding areas. Hull Kurdish Diaspora centre promised to work hard to establish Kurdish schools and other activities for all Kurdish people living in Hull and surrounding areas.
International Women’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political.
Wikipedia,
International Women’s Day (IWD), is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women.[3][4] Spurred on by the universal female suffrage movement, IWD originated from labor movements in North America and Europe during the early 20th century.[5][6][7]
The earliest version was purportedly a “Women’s Day” organized by the Socialist Party of America in New York City on February 28, 1909. This inspired German delegates at the 1910 International Socialist Women’s Conference to propose “a special Women’s Day” be organized annually, albeit with no set date;[8] the following year saw the first demonstrations and commemorations of International Women’s Day across Europe. After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917 (the beginning of the February Revolution), IWD was made a national holiday on March 8;[9] it was subsequently celebrated on that date by the socialist movement and communist countries. The holiday was associated with far-left movements and governments until its adoption by the global feminist movement in the late 1960s. IWD became a mainstream global holiday following its adoption by the United Nations in 1977.[10]
International Women’s Day is commemorated in a variety of ways worldwide; it is a public holiday in several countries, and observed socially or locally in others to celebrate and promote the achievements of women.[11]
The UN observes the holiday in connection with a particular issue, campaign, or theme in women’s rights.[6] In some parts of the world, IWD still reflects its political origins, being marked by protests and calls for radical change; in other areas, particularly in the West, it is largely sociocultural and centered on a celebration of womanhood.[12] Some people say this day is not needed while others say it is a necessary step towards the representation of women, equal rights and justice.
With assistance from Kurdish Language writer Ashti Garmiyani
Translated and edited by Editor Davan Yahya Khalil
