As South Africa celebrates its women today, and acknowledges the important role they play as they juggle family, business and social responsibilities, we found this Unicef report on how the world’s children are impacted by the way their mothers are treated.

The report focuses on the discrimination and disempowerment women face throughout their lives and how that impacts children’s lives. Key messages:

• Gender equality and the well-being of children go hand in hand.
• Gender equality furthers the cause of child survival and development.
• Gender equality produces a double dividend: It benefits both women and children
• Healthy, educated and empowered women have healthy, educated and confident daughters and sons.
• Gender equality will not only empower women to overcome poverty and live full and productive lives, but will better the lives of children, families and countries as well.
• Gender equality is not only morally right, it is pivotal to human progress and sustainable development
• Promoting gender equality and empowering women will contribute to reducing poverty and hunger, saving children’s lives, improving maternal health, ensuring universal education, combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, and ensuring environmental sustainability.

Happy Women’s Day to the women of the world, particularly those in South Africa who proudly work on the 46664 Bangle project. The 46664 Bangle project makes a direct difference in the lives of others.  In the words of one of the ladies on the 46664 Bangle team, “The bangles are made so that [Nelson Mandela’s] selfless contribution should be known by everyone, even the future generations.”

Buy a Bangle, Change a Life.