Listen to this month's Big Question for Development podcast, examining what International Women's Day means for women around the world.

We spoke to:

• Andrea Cornwall, Director of the Pathways of Women's Empowerment Research Consortium about what it takes to make progress towards greater equality and justice for women.
• Pauline Latham MP, a member of the UK parliament's International Development Select Committee, about what she thinks is the significance of International Women's Day.

IDS blogs on International Women's Day

Read IDS Director Lawrence Haddad's blog on International Women's Day.

Read IDS Gender Convener Jenny Birchall's blog examining women's involvement in the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa.

IDS work on Gender

• IDS research on Gender
• IDS Knowledge Services on Gender
• Pathways of Women's Empowerment Research Consortium
• IDS Sexuality and Development Programme