It is an important weekend for women around the world. Tomorrow is International Women’s Day.

International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements, increases visibility while calling out inequality.

Many organizations and groups in the province will celebrate local women by holding events and one of those events is a ceremony for Women of Distinction offered by the YWCA.

The awards were reinstated six years ago to take place annually and before that, they took place for over a decade. Newfoundland and Labrador’s group is part of a network of 32 members across the country.

Executive Director of YWCA, Wendolyn Schlamp, says they hold the awards on March 8 to be able to bring light to such an important day across the world.

She says the organization works all year for gender equity and they think about how they can do things better, what can be done in communities and what work there is ahead of them.

The awards enable women to stop, celebrate and think about the leadership that does exist in the community.

The YWCA Women of Distinction Awards is set for 6 o’clock tomorrow evening at the St. John’s Farmer’ Market.