Why was March 16 chosen as Egyptian women’s Day?

CAIRO - 16 March 2021: March 16 has been chosen as the National Day for Egyptian women for reasons that we lost below:

 

1- In March 1919, activist activist Huda Sharawy and 300 other women demonstrated against British colonialism holding flags of the crescent and the cross.

 

2- On that day in 1919, British soldiers killed six Egyptian women who protested the British occupation.

 

3- On March 16, 1923, Huda Sharawy formed the first ever federation for women, calling for social and political equality.

 

4- On the same day in 1928, the first group of Egyptian women enrolled in Cairo University.

 

5- Also on March 16, Egyptian women were given the right to vote and run for elections.