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International Women's Day

Women's demonstration in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. Banners read: "Half of the power for the women." They demonstrate every week outside the Congress building. Tegucigalpa.
Women's demonstration in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. Banners read: "Half of the power for the women." They demonstrate every week outside the Congress building. Tegucigalpa. [Annie Bungeroth]

8 March marks International Women's Day. Find out how we are working to tackle issues of domestic violence and post-war trauma.

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Colombia: Small businesses promote women

Forty years of internal conflict has left nearly four million people displaced. 75 per cent of these are women and children. Read what our partners are doing to help vunerable families and promote women.

Justice for Men and Women

Watch this film clip. CAFOD's newest Board member, Margaret Mwaniki, explains why issues of gender equality are important for her and for CAFOD. Margaret is a CAFOD Trustee and Regional Representative of Caritas Africa

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Say no to violence

Find out how you can take action to stop violence against women

Art is used as part of the healing process.

International Women's Day celebration

Share this opening ritual for the International Women's Day Celebration in the Philippines

Women at market

Market stall quadruples family income

Caritas Bangladesh has been working with women in Sobeda market in the Khulna region of Bangladesh to improve their livelihoods and income generation for over three years.

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Give

For every £1 given to our Give it up! Lent Appeal today, the Government will donate another £1 – doubling your gift and changing even more lives.

Let waters flow and wash away injustice

Pray

884 million people do not have access to clean, safe water. Pray with us this Lent that waters may flow and injustice may be washed away.

Act

Help us turn the tide on water poverty. Join our Thirst for change campaign and ensure world leaders hear our call: taps and toilets for all.

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Published on 08/03/2010, last updated on 11/03/2010

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