Today is International Women's Day
 Hello again - just a quickie to tell you that Wednesday 8 March is International Women's Day, "the universal day that connects all women around the world and inspires them to achieve their full potential". To celebrate the day, we've got some great stories from our brilliant young writers, and lots of other interesting stuff online...
Kathryn Senior has written about the International Women's Day itself, and how much still needs to be done to achieve gender equality around the world. And Oxfam volunteer Amy Merone has interviewed three very different women about how gender issues affect their day-to-day lives.
She spoke with Tamanda from Malawi, and with 22-year-old Mary Chege from Kenya who wants to be a journalist but, because she is a woman, has to care for her family and cattle. She also talked to Alice Searle, who has set up a project in South Africa to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and provide work (and income) to the women of the townships.
 A key gender issue today is gun violence against women. Women and girls are particularly at risk of certain crimes because of their gender, such as violence in the home and rape. You can help to put an end to violence against women on International Women's Day - send an e-card from the Control Arms site and tell your friends about the issues involved.
And find out about Oxfam's gender work and test your gender-awareness with our gender quiz.
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It may seem like a strange thing for a guy to say but actually the sooner the women are given more responsibility in this world the sooner the world will become a better place. After all how many wars have women started? Not many I suspect.
The pessimistic amongst you will argue that this is purely down to statistics. But perhaps the more optimistic will actually agree with me.
By G,
March 08, 2006 9:32 PM
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