International Women’s Day is marked on March 8th every year. It is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women.

Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries (primarily Russia and the countries of former Soviet bloc). In some celebrations, the day lost its political flavor, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love to the women around them in a way somewhat similar to Mother’s Day and St Valentine’s Day mixed together. In others, however, the political and human rights theme as designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.

In Poland Women’s Day for many people associates with the period of communist, when the most popular gift for this day was clove. On the occasion of that day portraits of women of different sectors of the economy were published, according to a major review of Wladyslaw Gomulka, that “there is no area in Poland this days in which women are not playing a major role.” In workplaces or schools Women’s Day was celebrated mandatory. It was an opportunity to complete lack of basic supplies, so the ladies were given goods such as stockings, towels, cloths, soap, coffee. This day, like other events, such as party Deed Day, Victory Day, Food Industry Employee Day - exist so that citizens have not forgotten about “loyalty to the State Party, love for the great ideals of peace and socialism” .

The 1932 Soviet poster dedicated to the 8th of March holiday. The text reads: “8th of March is the day of rebellion of the working women against kitchen slavery” and “Down with the oppression and narrow-mindedness of household work!”. Originally in the USSR the holiday had a clear political character, emphasizing the role of the Soviet state in the liberation of women from their second-class-citizen status.