Australia: International Women's Day should be a holiday: activist

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'Mother-of-three Juliana Nkrumah believes International Womens Day should be a national holiday.

The Quakers Hill resident believes that women deserve a day off from work to celebrate "sisterhood and the milestones achieved for women’s rights".
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“International Women’s Day is a day that our forbearers made an effort to highlight the situation of all women in work and society, to really push and advocate for changes to bring rights to women,” Ms Nkrumah said.

The day is celebrated as an official holiday in 27 countries and in the United States, the whole month of March is recognised as Women's History Month.'