INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S Day (IWD) is 100-years-old this year and at least one place here is celebrating the day tomorrow, Tuesday March 8.
As IWD is celebrated around the world, Ksan House Society invites you to a lunch to honour the women in our community.
The lunch will be at the Ksan Residence Shelter on Hall Street, Tuesday March 8 from noon to 2 p.m.
Men are welcome.
In some countries, IWD has the equivalent status of Mother's Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers.
In 1910, the second International Conference of Working Women was held in Copenhagen.
A woman named Clara Zetkin tabled the idea of an International Women's Day.
She proposed that every year in every country there should be a celebration on the same day - a Women's Day - to press for their demands.
The conference of more than 100 women from 17 countries, representing unions, socialist parties, working women's clubs, and including the first three women elected to the Finnish parliament, greeted Zetkin's suggestion with unanimous approval and thus International Women's Day was born.
The first International Women’s Day was celebrated in Austria, Denmark and Germany on March 19, 1911.
Annually on March 8, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements.
Many events connect women from all around the world ranging from political rallies, business conferences, government activities and networking events through to local women's craft markets, theatrical performances, fashion parades and more.
IWD is an official holiday in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (for women only), Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women only), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal (for women only), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zambia.
The tradition sees men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc with flowers and small gifts.