Pankhursts lead International Women’s Day walk along SE1 riverside

The 'Walk In Her Shoes' event – organised by the Care International charity – began at The Scoop at More London and ended at Southbank Centre's Women of the World festival.

At The Scoop amphitheatre BBC Radio 4 Women's Hour presenter Jane Garvey chaired a panel discussion featuring musician Annie Lennox, DJ Gemma Cairney, comedian Bridget Christie and Everyday Sexism project founder Laura Bates.

Helen Pankhurst said: "We're raising awareness and taking action against one of the unnecessary gendered shackles blighting the lives of women and girls around the world – the gruelling chore of water collection, which in 2015 simply should not be holding girls back from education, and women from paid work."

She added: We are coming together in solidarity to celebrate progress made on women's rights and to galvanize for the road ahead.

"We do so in the time honoured tradition of a march, walking shoulder to shoulder, as a visible manifestation of a global conscience."

International development secretary Justine Greening also addressed the gathering at The Scoop.