[VNPH Family] PHA-Exch> March 8 and renewing our commitment to ending atrocities perpetrated against women

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Mira Shiva mira...@yahoo.com

It is important to remember that 100years ago women had raised their voice for

 1.   the 8 hour working day as they were being made to work for endless hours , a situation that still continues for millions of women
2  For fixing of minimum wages - men & women pushed to the wall accept much less & that too under obnoxious working conditions .

3 Right to vote .

In  patriachal societies the right to be treated as human beings , the right for a girl child to be born, are seen as unjust demands , Increasing societal & gender violence reflects the unacceptability of the fact that women should be treated in a way not violative of their sense of Dignity & personhood.

 Today women gathered at India Gate for Social Justice .

We all marched for Gender justice in Politics , legislation making & implementing , Health Education etc .

We met the Vice president & the Prime Minister Dr ManMohan Singh  with a Charter of Demands which includes Health Care & Medicines & more .