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In Ukraine March 8 is celebrated as the holiday of women, spring and love. It is an official day off for both men and women, which was originally introduced by the Communists. At the time of establishing March 8 had been a political holiday. It originated as a day of fighting for women's rights, when on the 8th of March 1897 women (workers of sewing and shoe factories) gathered in New York demanding 10 hour working days, light and dry work places and equal salaries with men. In 1910 at the International Conference of Women Socialists in Copenhagen Clara Tsetkin proposed celebrating the International Women's day on March, 8 which sounded an appeal to all women of the world to join the struggle for equality. In several years upon the establishing the holiday lost its political content and became a cultural tradition. Nowadays on March 8 Ukrainian men congratulate their women by giving them flowers, presents and making the housework by themselves.