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of development projects’ impacts may adversely affect human rights,
community rights including environmental rights, people’s rights to

information, freedom of expression, the protection of women human
rights defenders demanding access and participation in the exploitation
of natural resources and energy management, land rights of women etc.

All these are issues that require women involvement. It is necessary
for women to assume a more leadership roles in a context where they

face an unjust division of tasks within the family, gender discrimination
and social prejudice.

International Women’s Day

March 8 of every year marks the day women movements of

all continents regardless of nationality, language, culture, economy
or political view gather to commemorate the long history of women
struggle and to continue sustaining their cooperation to achieve

equality, justice, peace and development.
The history of “International Women’s Day” began with the
struggle of women workers in the garment factory in New York city,

United States, who rose up to demand wage rise and their rights from
the employer. The incident in turn turned into a tragedy where 119
women were killed by arson attack on the factory while they were

protesting. All incidents took place on March 8, 1857.
Later in 1907, women workers of the garment factory in Chicago,

United States, could no longer endure exploitation, oppression and
suppression by their employer. They were forced to work in a slave like
condition for 16-17 hours a day without leave and health insurance. As

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