International Women's Day - do we really need one?
8th March 2014
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International Women’s Day – do we really need one anymore? The answer to this question is a resounding yes.
A lot of people assume we don’t need an International Women's Day because women are treated equally by law in the UK. This narrow minded view excludes any other country or different cultural norms that still restrict women in every aspect of their lives. All you need to do is pick up a book like Half the Sky, How to Change the World to uncover the atrocities faced by women across the world. Just because women in the UK aren’t necessarily being sold into prostitution, it doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Every day 38,000 women are forced into marriage and an estimated 1.2 million children are forced into slavery, 80% of those being girls. Catapult’s glossy magazine spoofs are an effective way of comparing our narcissistic culture to those where women do not even have the luxury of autonomy and are seen as a commodity rather than a human being.

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