The Salvation Army supports International Women’s Day with the Helping Hand Appeal.

For some women, the way they are treated and defined is determined only by their gender. As a result, one in three women or girls will experience violence in their lifetime simply because they are female.

Yet no person can be defined in one word.

Limiting the way women and girls are defined also limits the opportunities they are given, restricts the rights they are afforded and affects the way they are treated.

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