Photo gallery: International Women's Day 2008

Sibongile Makhabela, CEO of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, was MC for the International Women’s Day event hosted by the departments of trade and industry and arts and culture at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria

Nicola Danby, CEO of Business and Arts South Africa, used her own story of financial and personal empowerment to inspire participants at the event on International Women’s Day, 8 August, 2008

Craftswomen from around the country displayed their wares at a fair run in conjunction with the International Women’s Day event held at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria on 8 August, 2008

Fikile Dilika, chief director in the Department of Arts and Culture, spoke about the role that arts and culture can play in creating jobs and eradicating poverty

Mandisa Mangqalaza, general manager of the Working for Water (WfW) programme, explained ways in which this innovative programme had created both economic and personal empowerment opportunities

Mothomang Diaho, head of the Dialogue Programme at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, looks at crafts on display at the International Women’s Day event held at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria on 8 August, 2008

Crafts on display at the International Women’s Day event held at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria on 8 August, 2008

Hand-made bags on display at the International Women’s Day event held at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria on 8 August, 2008