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The Exclusivity of International Women’s Day

Devana Senanayake

While International Women’s Day has been busy pressing for progress, various organisations who run IWD events have yet again pushed women of colour into a corner: a corner of non-existence.

The UN’s Women Facebook page applauded the support from several organisations for their International Women’s Day Campaign. Nonetheless, many events and panels failed to include any women of colour.

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