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Women's Day
by meera bhen on Mar 03, 2008 05:05 PM

International Women's day is a day for bringing together and bonding of all those empowered women in the world who have taken upon themselves to act as a catalyst and be the voice of the marginalised and the voice less women who also exists along side.On an indiviual basis the problems of all such women is dealt with on day to day basis, by the socially conscious women but on International Women's Day declared by the UNO , all social activists /Members of the civil society and the Govt./political units, unite and in unison raise the voice of the voiceless, highlight and bring to fore the fundemental issues like poor education ,health ,child marriage,widow torture and others that afflict women majorly in rural areas and other marinalised and deprived sections of the women community living in urban slums besides ofcourse raising voice against the universal curses like dowry ,wife beating etc.

At a macro level issues like equality in jobs/job place and fair representation in elected bodies are some other issues that need to be and are highlighted and battled for in unison not merely in India but through out the world.

International women's day is not about self but about the fifty percent of the population that have been facing major inquality and indiscrimination in the scheme of things from time immemorial.

Alaka Madhok
madhokfoundation@yahoo.com

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Gender equality: Why a Women's Day?