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8 March 2025

Feminist Day of Action in Linz

International Women’s Day was established in 1910 at the 2nd International Socialist Women’s Conference in Copenhagen as a day of action for women’s rights. On 19 March 1911, the first 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 and access to education and educational institutions. For the women’s movement, this was certainly a mass movement unprecedented at the time. Since then, 8 March has been celebrated worldwide as International Women’s Day.

For International Women’s Day, FIFTITU% is taking action as part of the “8 March Alliance” collaboration. Around 40 women*, representatives from a wide variety of NGOs, arts and cultural associations, and private individuals are involved. Every year on 8 March, this alliance transforms Linz city centre into a stage for women’s* political demands presented in an activist guise. The programme of events is expanded to include a feminist networking meeting as an evening event at the Stadtwerkstatt.