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IWD: How women's role in human history has been downplayed

Every year, March 8, is International Women's Day. On this day, women from all over the world celebrate the day together, forgetting the country, religion, caste, language, politics, and social discrimination.

International Women's Day and Women's History Month are organized because women's role in human history has been downplayed or even ignored in the histories told and written by men. Everyone, including school, politicians, the media, and the public, must recognize this flaw in history and take steps to correct it.

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