We are celebrating a century of heroic struggles by women of our country, women such as Charlotte Maxeke, Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Rahima Moosa, Sophie de Bruyn, Albertina Sisulu, Ruth Mompati, Dorothy Nyembe, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, to mention but a few, who are the embodiment of 100 years of a relentless forward march to total emancipation, equality, justice and democracy.