International Women’s Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, IWD is a national holiday.

The Ubuntu Women Project celebrated International Womens Day in 2010 by conducting a contest to select favorite stories from how women in the Ubuntu community discovered Ubuntu.
The stories were all inspirational and exciting, but a few were selected to receive “Ubuntu goodie bags” as well as having an honorable mention:

* Winner by popular vote: Elvira Martinez
* Winner as selected by Jono Bacon: Karen Y. Perez
* Honorable Mention: Jen Phillips

The winners were announced on At Home With Jono Bacon during a special International Women’s Day broadcast, the video can be viewed here:
announcing the winners of the Ubuntu International Womens day competition. Congrats to all!

All of the stories can be found here