International women day: Gender equality is still 300 years away

Women leaders at a panel discussion at the ongoing 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, United States.

As world over marked another International Women's Day on March 8, Kenyan women were treated to a plethora of well-meaning messages and quotes lauding their importance and relevance.

However, this will ensue in the midst of the growing adversity of a seemingly illusive political and economic landscape endowed in delayed promises and heart- breaking realities.