READING COMPREHENSION - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Develop your reading skills. Read the following text and do the comprehension questions
WOMEN'S DAY
International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on March 8 every year. Countries around the world celebrate IWD to give credit to the economic, political and social achievements of women and to show respect to their contributions in the development of their countries. The IWD was first celebrated on 19 March 1911 in Germany following a declaration by the Socialist Party of America. It's only in the beginning of the 20th century that the day was officially and internationally recognized because of the rapid industrialization and the social protest that it accompanied.
On this day women are usually given flowers and small gifts. It is also celebrated as an equivalent of Mother's Day in some countries. Children also give small gifts to their mothers and grandmothers. In countries like Portugal, it is common, at the night of 8 March, for groups of women to celebrate the holiday with women-only dinners and parties.
Women are becoming more powerful in business, entertainment, politics and many more areas, but there are still a lot of inequalities around the world which call for the mobilization of everybody to grant women the proper status they merit.
Comprehension:
When was the first IWD celebrated?
a) In the end of the 20th century
b) In the middle of the 20th century
c) At the beginning of the 20th century.
Social protests and industrialization were some of the causes that led to IWD
a) True
The IWD is celebrated _____ around the world
a) similarly
b) differently
Women still need to fight
a) for more equality
b) for higher salaries
