International Women’s Day (IWD) has been celebrated since the early 1900s. Although, humanity has made great progress since then, the problem of gender inequality still continues around the globe. The UN estimates that women only make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men across the globe, for work of equal value. Women comprises over half the population, yet occupy less than 23% of parliamentary seats globally. And in many countries women still suffer excessively from poverty, lack of education, and lack of access to health-care. Women are also severely underrepresented at senior management and leadership levels. A single digit % of Fortune 500 companies had a female CEO in 2016; a number that’s declining instead of improving.
