International women day marked in United Kingdom

LONDON, Mar 09 (APP):Like other parts of the Globe, International Women, day was marked in the United Kingdon on Thursday.
According to the Guardian, in London, an International Women’s Day flag flew over parliament for the first time as MPs and peers marked the day with a debate in both Houses of parliament.
The shadow equalities minister, Dawn Butler, said she had been inspired by the flag flying over the Transport for London building on Monday and had approached the Speaker, John Bercow, about a flag for parliament.
He approved the plan with less than 24 hours to go, as the House commemorated 100 years since the first women in the UK got the vote, the Guardian said.
Bercow said: “We must not sit smugly and think job done; there are still issues of unequal access to the labour market, occupational segregation, women and members of minority groups scaling the heights professionally, there is a substantial gender pay gap.”, the UK paper said.