Although the first Women's Day was in 1908 I believe, 1914 was the first year it was held on March 8th. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day BBC News has an interactive map to illustrate gender equality/inequality around the world: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-24650912
I am on the equality/diversity committee at work. My mother was a lawyer for the US Justice Department that took them to court twice for sex discrimination and harassment, winning both times (interesting, given that they questioned her skills as an attorney). Anyways, I have two daughters and I'd like to think that I had observed progress in regard to gender equality in my life time. I think I have, but I'd say we're only about a quarter of the way there....
Does it? If it measured equality shouldn't it be possible to see in which countries do women do better than men?
Rwanda? But that's just their Parliament, not the entire country. And Amazons are fiction, and a river, not a country.
Check it out: he has quite a detailed story of their origins. They used to hang out by the Black Sea.