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Updated: March 9, 2021, 9:12 am © Kenny Smith From left: Judith Moon, Wilma McCullough, Frances Allan and Christine MacFarlane plant a tree at Quarry Mill wood. The team behind Perth and Kinross’s annual International Women’s Day celebrations have marked the occasion with a poignant tree planting  ceremony. The Be Yourself Group has organised events and activities since 1997. In recent years, members have coordinated Perth and Kinross’s Women’s Festival alongside others, to celebrate the achievements of women and help create new opportunities. While the pandemic may have scuppered t...

Updated: March 2, 2021, 9:37 am © Steve MacDougall / DCT Media Rebecca McClune and Helen Reid of Gender Equality Perth. Women are bearing the brunt of some of the more harmful impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Perth charity. Gender Equality Perth co-founder and chairwoman Rebecca McClune said clear divides had been emerging since the organisation was set up last August. She said: “Throughout Covid-19, there has been an increase in violence against women, and the disparity in caring and household duties has been increased and emphasised. “Women also represent the majorit...