Reflections on International Women's Day from around the world:

"[International Women's Day] is an important day for us to acknowledge and recall the struggles and the efforts of women in independence, and freedom, and justice so it should be a very somber day, but it is also a forward-looking day where women still carve out their own nation-building. So, for us, it's a big celebration."

"Women were always, of course, active in participating in politics and also in reconstructing the county and [in] the political debate in modern Finland, but [it] wasn't until the year 2000 when we [elected] our first [female] president, Tarja Halonen [...] and now we have a record number [of women] in parliament."

Consul General Ritva Jolkkonen of Finland, Ambassador Sofia Borges of Timor-Leste, and Ambassador Alya Al-Thani of Qatar with WFPG President Patricia Ellis		Diplomats and guests listening to the welcome
Host Geraldine Kunstadter speaking with Ambassador Borges and Deputy Permanent Representative Sanja Zografska-Krsteska of Macedonia		Guests with Deputy Consul General Daniele Ayotte of Canada
Ambassador Borges and Patricia Ellis with Consul General Laura Pizarro of Costa Rica		Consul General Aghi Balta of Greece and Consul General Koula Sophianou of Cyprus
Consul General Jolkkonen speaks with guests		Ambassador Al-Thani gives remarks