Feminist day of struggle
International Women's Day was adopted in 1910 at the 2nd International Socialist Women's Conference in Copenhagen as a day of struggle for women's rights. On March 19, 1911, the 1st International Women's Day took place in Denmark, Austria, Switzerland and the USA. More than a million women* took to the streets to demand, among other things, women's suffrage, access to education and educational institutions. This was certainly an unprecedented mass movement for the women's movement. Since then, March 8 has been celebrated worldwide as International Women's Day.
On International Women's Day, FIFTITU% acts as part of the cooperation "Alliance March 8". Around 40 women*, representatives from various NGOs, art and cultural associations and private individuals are involved. Every year on March 8, this alliance transforms the city center of Linz into a stage for women*'s political demands in an activist guise. The scope of the action is expanded with a feminist networking meeting as an evening event in the Stadtwerkstatt.
