INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

"100 Years of Shaping Progress for Women; and building a brighter future for all"

International Women's Day was celebrated across the world on 8 March.

In honour of the 100 year anniversary of the call to action by women seamstresses in New York downing their tools and campaigning for change, the Australian Government's Office for Women’s theme for International Women's Day 2008 was ‘100 years of shaping progress for women; and building a brighter future for all’.

Further information on International Women's Day 2008 can be found at:

• UNIFEM - National Committee for UNIFEM in Australia

• FaHCSIA - Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

• IANWGE - UN Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality