Womens Day Speech

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Assalamualaikum Wr. Wb Respectable all of audience. And my lecturer Mr. Dias. Honorable all of parents and all friends of this school First of all let’s pray and thanks unto our God who has given us mercies and blessings. So we can attend in this program without any trouble and obstacles. This day, all women in the world celebrate Women’s Day. Women's Day is a day to honor women's struggle for change, to remember the progress, which has been made towards improvement of life quality of women. It is the day for confirming our commitment to the work towards the freedom of women. As we celebrate the Women 's Day, we admit that we still have a long way to go to achieve full emancipation of women from the hardships they have experience because…show more content…
They were the ones who had to go into the bushes and collect woods for families with no electricity. They literary kept the fire burning and kept families together while many rural men were in urban areas. Some women still face these challenges in their everyday life. Unfortunately, this major contribution made by women and rural women in particular has never been and is still not being valued or appreciated. Migration is another major factor that has exposed women to several challenges including HIV and AIDS. Single sex hostels broke down the families and indirectly encouraged men to have "urban partners" while occasionally returning to their families and wives in the rural areas. Of course, this led to a spread of disease and sexually transmitted infections including HIV. Sexual violence against women and girls and rape are issues that remain a challenge in our society. Poverty and poor living conditions have added to women's vulnerability to violence and increased risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections. The physical trauma of violence and sexual assault have left scars and unimaginable emotional damage on many…show more content…
This has increased the reporting of cases because our people know that there is now more possibility of seeing justice being done. Other things have improved for women in SA, including for rural women, but we still have a long way to go in reaching our targets. Free health care for pregnant women and for children under 6 years, was a major achievement. In many communities, the poorest women who in the past had not come nor brought their children to a clinic, started to visit health facilities. Women started to book earlier at antenatal clinics and therefore, increasing the chances of safe pregnancy and delivery. We need to encourage our women to utilize family planning services in order to prevent unwanted pregnancies and when they decide to get pregnant, to use the free antenatal care services available. I know that conditions for rural women are still difficult and that we still have a long way to go to achieve a truly healthy society. But the most important thing is that we should support all good decisions of Government who wants to help our life, especially women’s destiny to make significant
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