On March 8 each year there is an observation of International Women's Day. This traces its history back through the suffragette movements of the 19th and 20th centuries and is often observed with morning teas, the wearing of purple and green and lots of speeches and conferences.
It is worth a pause on a day like today to remember the inequality that still exists across the world, in terms of the treatment of women. In many parts of the world girls are not enrolled in schools. In almost every part of the world, women are not paid equally for their labour. Even within our own movement, The Salvation Army, there is a glass ceiling for married women officers that is only just starting to crack (the first married woman chief secretary, and the first married woman nomination for general were only proposed last year).
From our own Corps' perspective we would be nowhere without the contribution of our women. We thank them for the labours, and today I especially acknowledge the leadership team women: Angela, Wendy, Lynette, Iris, Catherine, Judith and Doris. With Jenny they make up 70% of our Corps leadership team! Thank you ladies.
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