International Women's Day over the years | Friday, March 7, 2025 | Illawarra Mercury - video Dailymotion

A montage of International Women's Day over the years. Video supplied

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00:00The Chorus of Illawarra Women in full voice for the country's biggest International Women's

00:13Day lunch.

00:14Thank you for everyone who's been part of building this up.

00:19It's the event that brings the women of the Illawarra together.

00:22I feel really proud to be involved for 20 years.

00:27I know it started from very humble beginnings and it's grown year on year.

00:33The scale of this event gives us great capacity to make big change.

00:38I can remember I've been coming to this since I was knee high and it's very grounding to

00:44remember my mum's achievements and then be able to pass that on.

00:48I was about 11 years old I saw Karen McCann speak at a little athletics event and that

00:52is something that really stuck with me.

00:56Every year I was blown away by what these women were doing locally and the impact that

01:01was then having on the greater community.

01:05Gracie Day, as we call this day for us, it is the highlight of our year.

01:10It means everything to us.

01:12I just think wow we've really achieved something and I look forward to seeing what the next

01:1720 years bring.

01:21I enjoy it every year.

01:23I get girlfriends, I get friends.

01:26I love it every year.

01:28Twenty years, it seems like yesterday when it started for me.

01:32We would never in our wildest dreams probably thought we'd still be sitting here 20 years

01:36later.

01:37No, particularly at my age.