Comment: In praise of women's organisations

By John Knight, Third Sector, 12 March 2008

I often write in this column about the real difference that voluntary organisations make to people's lives. This is certainly true in terms of how the voluntary sector affects the lives of many thousands of women.

Last Saturday marked the 100th anniversary of the first march to celebrate International Women's Day. Since 1908, millions of women all over the world have been marching and organising against oppression, violence and discrimination on this day. Where public services stop for women, voluntary services start. The importance of refuges...

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