Today is March 8 - International Women's Day.
Ednews reports that the history of the women's movement began in 1857 with New York women's protest against the 12-hour working day.
In 1910, the German socialist woman Clara Setkin managed to celebrate March 8 as International Women's Day.
In 1977, the United Nations officially declared this day as Women's Day. Women's Day is also widely celebrated in Azerbaijan.
As every year, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev congratulated the women of the country on March 8 - International Women's Day. According to Article 105 of the Labor Code, every year March 8 is a non-working day.
According to the State Statistics Committee, on January 1 of this year, the population of Azerbaijan was 10,156,366 people, 50 percent of whom are women. 46.4 percent of 112.3 thousand babies born last year were girls. 81.7 percent of teachers in general educational institutions of the country, 80.9 percent in secondary specialized educational institutions, 54 percent in higher educational institutions, and two thirds of doctors are women. 46.5 percent of those studying in general educational institutions, 61.6 percent of students of secondary specialized educational institutions, and 49.3 percent of students of higher educational institutions are girls.
