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On international women's day, I'm thinking about two women in particular: My wife, whose strength and compassion amazes me. She works in A&E at the same hospital which has failed her in terms of treating her endometriosis. An incredibly painful lifelong condition which receives a fraction of the funding/research that male pattern baldness gets. And someone I won't name. She's passed now, but growing up she was a big presence in my life, one of the kindest and most positive influences on me when I was a kid. I don't remember how old I was when I found out she'd done time for murder, but as soon as I heard the story I was on her side. She'd been beaten by her husband for years, told she'd be killed if she tried to leave. The police refused to get involved in a 'domestic dispute,' ignored the threats and broken bones. So she ensured her freedom through the only route that remained. This was before I was born. Would the police do better now? I don't know. We've still got work to do.