
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021 in Northern Ireland
At the MME Council, we recognise the contribution of all women and support all those celebrating good relations and the quest for gender equality. The background to the Day is international and is shared across the world in its bid to support gender parity: In 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City (USA) demanding shorter working hours, better pay and the right to vote; following on from which the Socialist Party of America declared the first National Woman's Day in