World Council of Churches Executive Committee Statement on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2009

The International Women’s Day (IWD) was born one hundred years ago from the National Women’s Taxi Heathrow Airport Day (USA) as one response by women to their reality of oppression and inequality in economy and suffrage. As a vibrant movement for change, it has since spread to all the corners of the world. A century later IWD remains an occasion in which women and men celebrate women’s contributions and achievements while identifying the challenges women continue to face.

Ginebra, March 3, 2009