International Women’s Day largely ignored

A number of Czech women’s rights groups and lobbies held special events to mark International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 8th, but they were very much in the minority. Although International Women’s Day remains what is called “a noteworthy day” in the Czech calendar the day was discredited by the communist regime to such a degree that few Czechs bother to mark the occasion, associating it with communist medals, red carnations and compulsory celebrations. Efforts by left wing parties and women’s rights’ activists to revive its original meaning have not been successful.