By Spy Uganda
Kampala: Uganda’s leading education hub, Victoria University located along Jinja Road has joined a number of men and women globally to pour praises to the mothers of the universe over their unique sacrifices to their children through their education career.
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Among those lucky women dubbed staff Victoria University that have been recognized include; University Secretary-Ms,Katusabe Ssemwezi, Dean Of Students-Ms, Flavia Oketcho, Assistant Academic Registrar-Ms,Precious Aturinda, Administrative Assistant-Ms,Barbara M among others.
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About International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March around the world. It is a focal point in the movement for women’s rights.
After the Socialist Party of America organized a Women’s Day in New York City on February 28, 1909, German delegates Clara Zetkin, Käte Duncker, Paula Thiede and others proposed at the 1910 International Socialist Woman’s Conference that “a special Women’s Day” be organized annually.
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After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there. The day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted by the feminist movement in about 1967. The United Nations began celebrating the day in 1977.
Commemoration of International Women’s Day today ranges from being a public holiday in some countries to being largely ignored elsewhere. In some places, it is a day of protest; in others, it is a day that celebrates womanhood.
The 2020 UN theme for International Women’s Day was: ‘I am Generation Equality’: Realizing Women’s Rights’. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, street marches occurred in London, Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Moscow and other European cities.
