That the Parliament celebrates the origins of International Working Women’s Day as part of a global socialist movement to attain women's suffrage; notes that 8 March marks the day that women workers in Petrograd engaged in a mass strike demanding peace and bread which ultimately led to the Russian revolution; notes strides made in Cuba, particularly by the Federation of Cuban Women, to deal with misogyny and commends the federation for its work combatting women's oppression; further notes Vilma Espín for her often forgotten role in history and her determination to ensure that women's liberation would always be at the forefront of Cuba’s political programme, and believes that only through economic liberation will women be free from patriarchal structures.