direct to your inboxToday marks International Women's Day, a chance to celebrate, to reflect, and to honour the achievements of women past and present.Every year on March 8, IWD provides an opportunity to shout about how far women's rights have come while campaigning - loudly and proudly - for how far we still have to go.Society has made powerful changes, from the right to vote to the right for women to have our own mortgages.But in recent years, the #MeToo movement and the ongoing battle surrounding the gender pay gap shows that inequality remains rife.While IWD is a day for campaigning, it's also a day for boosting up female achievement and recognising those who have made a real difference to our lives.It's not just the powerhouse women.
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