Much has changed in the past 100 years since the celebrations that would lead to the annual International Women’s Day were first initiated. Universal suffrage did not include gender parity in most countries, senior leadership in business and industry among women was non-existent, and many privileges women enjoy today, such as the right to own property or to determine their own healthcare, were essentially denied to almost half the human population.
Despite the immense amount of progress modern society has achieved over a century the “pace of change is not enough”, according to Joanna Pamphilis, global head of investments and securities digital products at UniCredit.
