Tomorrow is International Women’s Day.

Leigh Sales and Annabel Crabb are just two of the many competant women that will feature in the ABC's International Women's Day coverage. (Image: ABC)

Some would ask how ‘kicking men off’ the television and radio helps promote equality. Others will argue the ABC should commit to all-female panels more than once a year.

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But most would just put it down to a ‘gimmick’, a ploy for publicity, a stunt. Smug nods and dramatic sighs as they trot off to their desks for the day. Feminism, eh? What a misguided trope.

Here’s what I think.

"We live in a world of gross inequality, some 108 years on from that very first march in New York." (Image: ABC)

It seems ironic that the backlash to the ABC’s all-female hosting cast for tomorrow is draped in sympathy for the male hosts. Do you think Sylvia Pankhurst gave a hoot about how the men would feel if she marched down the streets to Trafalgar Square?

Just some of the talented women who will be taking the airways with Radio Sydney on International Women's Day. (Image: ABC)

In Brazil, 290,000 women are living with HIV, with most unable to access the drugs or medical attention needed to treat or manage the disease.

"From the day they are born, women will need to fight for their place in this world." (Image: iStock)

They will have to mediate their desire for a family with their passions and careers, face body image issues and workplace bullying. They will be afraid for their safety more often than a man, with one in six falling victim to sexual assault. This is what it is to be a woman.