Midland proclaims International Women's Day

Whereas, Celebrated annually on March 8th, International Women’s day has occurred for well over a century, with the first gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. Today, International Women’s Day belongs to all groups collectively everywhere; and

Whereas, Today is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality; and

Whereas, The world has made unprecedented advances, but no country has achieved gender equality. We can see this in all career streams with less than 25% of parliamentarians being women. The gender gap is still present in various streams of society, and today is a day to acknowledge that and continue to make strides towards closing it; and