When a resolution establishing a Women’s Day was passed at the Second International Conference of Socialist Women held on the occasion of the 1910 Copenhagen International Socialist Congress, just three countries in the world had granted suffrage to women, in contrast with the situation today, when only two countries deny women this fundamental right.  A century after Clara Zetkin’s initiative was first adopted, we have seen women occupying the highest level of elected office in countries across the world, great advances have been made with respect to legal equality for women, the rate of literacy and education amongst women has increased enormously and today women make up the majority of professional workers in many countries, but there is still a long way to go before equality is achieved.