Around the world on March 8th, countries celebrated International Women’s Day, which is a a day set aside internationally to celebrate achievements in women’s rights, and to protest injustice and violence against women and girls.

In Ghana, advocates spoke out against the removal of the rape clause from the country’s Domestic Violence Law. The marital rape clause sought to criminalize marital rape, but by removing it, it has exempted the perpetrators from punishment. Palestinian and Lebanese women came together in the Middle East for a conference which focused on the status of Palestinian women in Lebanon. The women came together to discuss the current state of women’s rights and injustices towards women, as well as celebrate achievements of the past.

All around the world, from Canada to India and everywhere in between, women made a call and pledge to stop the injustices committed towards women around the world, and within their own countries.

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