Ursula Meighan Chairperson of the Workers Party Women’s Committee has responded to recent threats to women and girls

It is gender based and needs to be dealt through Zero Tolerance policies. The attacks on women and girls physical, sexual and verbal assaults. Must be dealt with by a whole society approach. This is not just an issue for women to deal with its a societal issue. As well as having policies and regulations to protect and make our environment safer for women we must also examine and locate the source of oppression and exploitation of women in society.

Ursula said the workers party will be holding an International Women Day event via zoom on Thursday March 6 dealing with violence against women and girls. We will hear from a panel of speakers from Northern Ireland The Republic of Ireland and an International speaker from the PTCE of Spain. She continued many multi-National companies and big corporations will seek to profit by promoting International Women's Day events across the world whilst continuing to exploit women in the workplace, in the home and in wider society.

Women are still treated like second class citizens in all these spheres of life across the globe thus making it easier to ignore and justify the oppression and exploitation they face. Ursula concluded women and girls should have the right to live free from all forms of oppression and exploitation. They should be free to live without the fear of violence when going about their daily lives. Womens Rights are Human Rights.