March 8 is an official holiday or working day: a new survey has been launched in Die

A survey about March 8 appeared in the Dia app. In it, you can vote what this day should be – a day off or a work day.

Now the parliament is deciding what to do from March 8 after the Ukrainian victory. There are two options – leave it as an official holiday or make it a working day.

What is known about the new survey in Dia

In most countries of the world, March 8 is a regular working day, but in post-Soviet countries it is an official holiday. So it's time to decide the fate of the holiday.

To take part in the poll, you need to go to Dia, click “Services”, select “Poll” and vote.

Every vote in Die will be taken into account before the bill is passed. The survey will run from February 28 to March 6.

How to vote in Die in the March 8 poll: watch the video

In Ukraine, they want to cancel the celebration of March 8: details

• The Verkhovna Rada registered a bill in which it was proposed to cancel the holidays on May 1 and 9 and March 8.
• So, people's deputies propose to cancel the celebration of March 8, International Women's Day. The authors of the bill explained this by the fact that it was established by the occupying Moscow regime in order to popularize their own view of the role and place of women.
• Instead of March 8, they propose to create a holiday of the Day of the Ukrainian Woman on February 25, the birthday of Lesya Ukrainka.
• They also want to make Taras Shevchenko's birthday on March 9 a day off.