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I’d love every girl to find strength of knowing they’ve got power

Posted on March 8, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: On International Women’s Day, TIA DEAN, who works as a teacher, talks about how her training in a Korean martial art can provide lessons in confidence in everyday life This International Women’s Day, I’m thinking about confidence – … Continue reading →

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Southern apprenticeship helped Croydon mum get on track

Posted on March 8, 2025 by insidecroydon

“Becoming a train driver is a real privilege and thanks to Southern and Career Returners, I get to live my dream every day.” After becoming a mother for the first time, West Croydon resident Elba Lovelace-Francis wanted to take her … Continue reading →

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‘Women shouldn’t be defined by abusive past’ says campaigner

Posted on March 8, 2022 by insidecroydon

A woman who endured appalling domestic abuse through coercive control by her former husband and is now a campaigner to help other victims, with support and encouragement from Croydon’s first woman MP. Andrea Aviet is using events around today’s International … Continue reading →

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Cuts to Family Justice Centre are putting lives at risk

Posted on March 8, 2013 by insidecroydon

LEE WEBSTER, a campaigner from South Norwood, on the vital importance of International Women’s Day for Croydon Every year on March 8, we mark International Women’s Day, on which for a hundred years, women activists have campaigned for gender equality … Continue reading →

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Woodley backs protest at Justice Centre on Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2012 by insidecroydon

Today is the 101st International Women’s Day. We asked Louisa Woodley, the Labour candidate for the London Assembly seat in Croydon and Sutton, for her thoughts on the local significance of this global happening. Woodley works as a local councillor, … Continue reading →

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