1. FIRST INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Do you know how long we have been celebrating this special women's holiday? Over a hundred years! The first celebrations dedicated to women took place in the United States of America in 1908, but then they were not yet international. The first International Women's Day was held two years later, in 1911, in various cities throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

2. CONFUSION WITH THE DATE
Did you know that the first International Women's Day was actually celebrated on March 19th? The first time the holiday took place on March 8 fell on 1914, the year when the First World War began.

3. GIFTS
If you had to guess - what would you name among the most popular gifts for March 8? Flowers and chocolate, of course! At least in most European countries. And some other countries in the world have their own local customs associated with this special date.

4. WEEKEND
Did you know that March 8 is an official holiday in 28 countries around the world? In addition, many other countries also celebrate this special day, but not as an official holiday.

5. WOMEN'S DAY FOR WOMEN ONLY
As mentioned above, in many countries March 8 is a public holiday. But did you know that there are countries where this day is a holiday for women only? That's right - International Women's Day only applies to women in China, Macedonia, Madagascar and Nepal. For all the men in these countries, March 8th is just another normal working day.

6. RIGHT TO VOTE
International Women's Day is not only a celebration of female beauty, intelligence, diligence and accuracy, but also a celebration of their historical struggle for equality. Did you know that New Zealand was the first modern country to give women the right to vote in 1893?

7. THEMES
Did you know that International Women's Day has a specific theme every year? This year, the United Nations has chosen the theme "Inspiring change". Sounds intriguing, right?

8. WOMEN VS MEN
Women are more important than men. Why do we dare to say that? Because there are fewer women in the world than men! The difference is not too great - on average, there are 101 men for every hundred women. This approximate figure applies to most countries in the world, with some exceptions – for example, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar have many more men than women, while some European countries such as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine are dominated by women.

9. FOOD AND WOMEN
According to studies by some humanitarian organizations, women produce about half of the food on Earth, but in reality they own only about one percent of the world's agricultural land. And we're talking about equality?

10. VENUS IS MY GODDESS
Did you know that the symbol sometimes used to represent the feminine (♀) is also the symbol of the planet Venus and the Roman goddess Venus? It should symbolize a hand mirror. Then it is not surprising that women are the fair sex!