国际妇女节 International Women's Day

International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women’s Day is marked on the 8th of March every year. It is a major day of global celebration of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements.

国际妇女节，中国内地称“三八”国际劳动妇女节或国际劳动妇女节。是在每年的3月8日为庆祝妇女在经济、政治和社会等领域做出的重要贡献和取得的巨大成就而设立的节日。

国际妇女节来源 History of International Women's Day

The earliest Women’s Day observances were held on many different dates: May 3rd, 1908, inChicago; February 28th, 1909, inNew York; and February 27th, 1910, inNew York.

早期庆祝妇女节的日期略有不同：芝加哥曾在1908年5月3号举行庆祝仪式，纽约于1909年2月28号和1910年的2月27号举行仪式庆祝妇女节。

In August 1910, an International Women's Conference was organized inCopenhagen. Inspired in part by the American socialists, German Socialist Luise Zietz proposed the establishment of an annual 'International Woman's Day' and was seconded by fellow socialist and later communist leader Clara Zetkin, although no date was specified at that conference. The following year, on March 19, 1911, IWD was marked for the first time, by over a million people inAustria,Denmark,GermanyandSwitzerland. In 1913 Russian women observed their first International Women's Day on the last Sunday in February.

1910年，第一个国际妇女会议在哥本哈根召开。受到美国社会主义者的鼓舞，德国社会主义者路易斯·齐茨提议创立一个年度“国际妇女节”，这个提议收到了其他社会主义同盟者和后来的共产党领导者克拉拉·蔡特金的支持，但是具体的节日时间却没有确定。1911年3月19日，国际妇女节第一次被来自澳大利亚、丹麦、德国和瑞士的超过100万的妇女庆祝。1913年，俄罗斯妇女第一次把2月的最后一个星期天视为国际妇女节。

In 1914 International Women's Day was held on March 8th, possibly because that day was a Sunday, and now it is always held on March 8th in all countries. The 1914 observance of the Day inGermanywas dedicated to women's right to vote, which German women did not win until 1918.

1914年，国际妇女节第一次在3月8号举行，在这天庆祝国际妇女节的原因可能是那天正好是星期天，当然现在各国的妇女节都是在3月8号举行的。1914年，德国对这个节日所作出的贡献是给予妇女选举权，德国妇女的选举权利到1918年才得以实现。

International Women's Day was celebrated by the communists inChinafrom 1922. The state council proclaimed on December 23rd that March 8th would be made an official holiday with women in China given a half-day off after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

中国于1922年开始纪念"三八"节。新中国成立后，1949年12月23号，中央人民政府政务院规定每年的3月8日为妇女节，并给妇女半天的休息日。

In the West, International Women's Day was first observed as a popular event after 1977 when the United Nations General Assembly invited member states to proclaim March 8th as the UN Day for women's rights and world peace.

在西方，国际妇女节被当做一个重大的节日是在1977年，联合国大会向成员国宣布3月8号位联合国妇女权利与世界和平日。