The first International Women’s Day was held in 1911, but it was international only in the technical sense that women in four European nations marched. These activists were ahead of their time in thinking about women’s economic and political equality; they may not have been so far ahead of their time that they envisioned what it has come to mean for many of us today. Now, International Women’s Day represents a movement that is for every woman and girl, no matter where they live.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/08/opinion/gates-international-womens-day/index.html
Indian villagers use mobile phones in Bibinagar village outside Hyderabad on March 7, the eve of International Women’s Day.