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International Women's Day - Educating on gender equality

By , Sunday 08 March 2015

As Women’s International Day celebrates its silver anniversary after 25 years, we look at what’s changed for women in this space of time. How much more needs to be done? There’s no doubt that feminist movements such as the suffragette movement, perhaps the most famous of all, have substantially improved the lives of women in the Western world. Let’s remember that a mere century ago, women were unable to vote. In terms of laws, women have continued to break free from the shackles of oppressive regulation for over a century. There is the Gender Equality Act 2010, The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and The Employment Equality (Sex Discrimination) Regulations 2005 to name a few. But why are we still fighting for equality?

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