DE SCR47

Designates March 8, 2016 as "International Women's Day" in Delaware, celebrating the economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.

Notes that women earn 78 cents for every dollar men earn and that full-time working women must work approximately 60 additional days annually to match men's yearly earnings.

Highlights that women hold 52 percent of professional-level jobs but represent only 14.6 percent of executive officers and 4.6 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs.

Documents global gender disparities including that 31 million girls of primary school age are not enrolled in school and approximately two-thirds of illiterate people globally are women.

States that the World Economic Forum estimates it will take 117 years for companies and governments to achieve equal leadership between men and women.