The General Labor Union celebrated International Women's Day, considering it "a day for all humanity," recalling the "story" of the women's demonstration by thousands of women in New York in 1868 under the slogan "Ten Hours of Work a Day," leading to the establishment of an international day recognized by the United Nations in 1975. The union stated that "there remains a long way for women, particularly alongside their male counterparts, to achieve their goals due to the dominance of masculinity and the concept of patriarchy in many countries that deprive women of their most basic natural rights."
It added: "We at the General Labor Union in Lebanon express our pride that Lebanese women gained the right to participate in elections in 1956 as the first Arab country, even before the French state recognized this right about two years later."
It concluded: "On International Women's Day, March 8, we pay tribute to the martyrs of Palestine and Lebanon and to the mothers of martyrs in all Arab countries, and we celebrate the courage, bravery, and spirit of women as they enter all fields and arenas. Salute to women on their global day, salute to human solidarity between women and men, and long live March 8, International Women's Day. Long live Lebanon."
