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1917 soviet union

Hello, this sentence is a little odd: „ In 1917, Bolsheviks Alexandra Kollontai and Vladimir Lenin made IWD an official holiday in the Soviet Union.“ As Sovie Union was created only in 1922. Ziko (talk) 10:45, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The sources are in conflict. Some say 1917; some say 2022.[1][2] I have just said after the Russian Revolution.--Jack Upland (talk) 03:54, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Arguably it wasn’t a holiday till 1965 when it became a non-working day. Jack Upland (talk) 16:27, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Opening Sentence - Global Holiday

This is statement is factually incorrect:-

"International Women's Day (IWD) is a global holiday..."

It is NOT a global holiday. It is a normal working day in many countries. 185.239.100.14 (talk) 08:38, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A holiday is global if it's celebrated globally. A holiday is not necessarily a day off of work. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 16:30, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The word "holiday" does not always refer to a "public holiday". Even a mere observance is counted as a holiday in many places. GeographicAccountant (talk) 17:13, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I took out global because we already say it's "international".--Jack Upland (talk) 23:08, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Triangle Shirtwaist again

I have taken this out of the "Origins" section where it was jammed into the narrative about the Copenhagen conference:

However, what made history for the modern celebration of International Women's Day, according to the ILO, was the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City on March 25, 1911, which killed 146 young workers, most of whom were immigrants.^[1]

Even though it is published by the ILO, this is an unreliable source. It propagates the myth of the 1875 strike, already mentioned in our article. We have discussed this fire before and there is no connection with IWD. The fire postdates the Copenhagen conference. It is not mentioned in any of our well-researched sources on the origins of IWD. Unfortunately it has been part of this article for a year.Jack Upland (talk) 23:16, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and International Women's Day: 100 years on". March 8, 2011. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.

Theme for 2024 is wrong

The campaign theme for International Women's Day 2024 is Inspire Inclusion. See https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme RosyRenfrew (talk) 14:54, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That is internationalwomensday.com's theme. However, unwomen.org's theme is Invest in women: Accelerate progress. See www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/announcement/2023/12/international-womens-day-2024-invest-in-women-accelerate-progress Peaceray (talk) 17:48, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

History restructure

I think we need a restructure of the History section. "Non-communist observance before second-wave feminism" is a bit of an awkward section. Its first example is a Communist-led event. We have a march in Spain listed under "Russian Revolution and Communist movement". Maybe we should have a section on the Russian Revolution and combine the rest, but I can't think of a suitable heading. Jack Upland (talk) 01:45, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have tried to fix this.--Jack Upland (talk) 01:50, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am just being curious. Your edit dif seem to remove the mention of women's march led by Dolores Ibárruri. Is it because weak sourcing or the march was not held on 8th March or some other reason like may be inadvertent removal? Bookku (talk) 02:42, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, I moved it to "Other countries" because Spain was not a Communist country.--Jack Upland (talk) 01:52, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, seems, I had not checked your next edit properly which re-added the sentence. Wish you happy editing. Bookku (talk) 02:39, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and International Women's Day: 100 years on". March 8, 2011. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.

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