Well, it was women in the labour movement in the 1900s that gave us this day. They were calling for bread; they were calling for better working condi… - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

We are also calling for women to be given equal pay for work of equal value, but also women still do a lot of unpaid work at home: caring for the aged, caring for children and that means that women cannot go out in the labour market and be part of the formal economy. So we are still, in a way, campaigning for the same thing. Women are campaigning for peace in countries where there is conflict. Women are campaigning against violence against women, which also means that where women have experienced domestic violence at home and outside the home they are not at peace with themselves.

It's important that at a school level, in a comprehensive way, that all young people are prepared for the world of work that they will graduate into. If we do not provide those skills, we risk leaving these young people behind, they will graduate and they will be inadequate for the future that awaits them.

The moral of the story there is that it's important to be involved and be engaged. Being involved also showed to me the importance of having men as part and parcel of the women's struggle.