The day was the idea of Clara Zetkin back in 1910 and was only recognised by the United Nations in 1975. Ever since, it has created a theme each year for the celebration. I like to think of it as a day that celebrates ordinary women doing extraordinary things.
There is one area where we see a shift in this and that’s the world of social enterprise:
89 per cent of social enterprise leadership teams have a female director.
41 per cent of leaders are women significantly ahead of both mainstream SMEs (20 per cent) and big business (seven per cent of FTSE 100).
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