There are several images and stories filling books which tell our history. Changes are made in several matters but persists the difference on how women are treated. A difference that, being yet present, frustrates the struggle and lives of women who, for over a century are striving for equal treatment between genders.

The Portuguese Ombudsman, defender of the human rights, marks with this brief message, the International Women’s Day and pay tribute to all women, stressing that biological distinctions and social constructions cannot be the basis of discriminatory behavior.