During the 100th year of International Women's Day, we have also seen the launch of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women: UN Women. The establishment of UN Women demonstrates the intention to deepen the global agenda for gender equality and the empowerment of women. The appointment of Michelle Bachelet, a socialist, freedom fighter, gender activist and the first female president of Chile, as the first Executive Director of UN Women gives us hope that the struggles of women who fearlessly campaigned for bread and peace 100 years ago was not in vain but will be advanced even further.