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On March 8, the Women, War & Peace crew captured the hundreds of Women for Women International supporters as they walked the Brooklyn Bridge for peace.

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The world marks International Women's Day on Monday, an annual celebration that highlights their economic, political and social achievements.

"International Women's Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men," the United Nations says.

The day was marked for the first time in the early 1900s. More than 1 million women and men attended rallies in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland in 1911, according to the United Nations. They demanded that women be given the right to vote and to hold public office, and an end to job discrimination.

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On the 99th annual International Women's Day, activist Zainab Salbi says the world should be ashamed of the violence and poverty women still face around the globe. Here's how to reverse the startling statistics within the next 10 years.

As I reflect today—the 99th annual International Women's Day—on a century of progress, I am given pause when I consider the harsh reality of life for millions of women around the world, women for whom survival remains a supreme challenge and empowerment remains a foreign concept. These are the women of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, who have endured rape by the hundreds of thousands in a conflict that has claimed more than 5 million lives. They are the women of neighboring Rwanda, where a genocide that killed 800,000 and raped up to 500,000 more than a decade ago has left thousands of the country's women and girls HIV-positive and still struggling to feed their families. They are the women of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which thousands of women were forced into rape concentration camps in the early 1990s and where today, women face forced prostitution, trafficking, and—among the women with whom my organization, Women for Women International, works—an unemployment rate of up to 80 percent.

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Every so often a movement is born, a sentiment that ignites a flame of passion, demanding action and eliciting a response. Women for Women International is just that crusade. Reaching out to females in conflict-ridden countries including Rwanda, Sudan, Afghanistan and Iraq to name a few, the charity aims to empower these victims of war and civil crises by helping them find the resources needed to create stability in their lives and communities. This month Women for Women has teamed up with Harper's Bazaar and London's favourite female designers to create an exclusive range of T-shirts in honour of International Woman's Day on 8 March.

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In Zainab Salbi's recent piece for the Huffington Post, she paints the picture of a still unequal world Ð a world in which the opportunities for women to prosper are hindered by ongoing war and sexual slavery. But she also describes the inspirational resilience of these very women survivors of war, and asks supporters and readers to join us on the bridge to call for peace and development on their behalf.

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Deborah Lloyd, Creative Director at kate spade new york, talks with Marie Claire about why she chose to partner with Women for Women International. In celebration of International Women's Day and the Join me on the Bridge campaign, kate spade new york will sell gold bracelets in all their stores and online, with 25% of profits going to Women for Women International.

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To learn more about the inspiration behind this collaboration, read the article. The shirts will be available for purchase online in the UK on March 8 and all proceeds benefit Women for Women International.

Also in the March issue of Bazaar is an intimate conversation between actress and activist Vanessa Redgrave and Women for Women International's Founder, Zainab Salbi. Both champions of women's issues around the world, Redgrave and Salbi share stories of love, strength, and perseverance.

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Join me on the Bridge: Recognizing the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day

Women for Women International is proud to introduce Join me on the Bridge, a global campaign to devote one day to standing with women around the world in a call for an end to war.

The Join me on the Bridge website gives supporters the tools and resources to lend their voices to this movement. Supporters in London and New York City are encouraged to attend the bridge events hosted there by Women for Women International, and supporters elsewhere are encouraged to organize in their communities to introduce the movement there.  A step-by-step toolkit is available for download to make it easy to replicate our bridge events at any scale, anywhere.

Visitors to the site will also be able to lend their voice to the cause by signing a pledge, which will help Women for Women International demonstrate to world leaders the scope of global support for peace and prosperity for women survivors of war.

Long-time partner kate spade new york adds to its collection of products benefiting Women for Women International with a unique gold bracelet commemorating Join me on the Bridge. The bracelet will be available in stores and online through the Join me on the Bridge website.