Women stage protests in Madrid after a general strike to mark International Women’s Day.
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Women hold signs reading “honk for women’s rights” and “Freedom for Loujain, Aziza and Iman Brave*” from a car as they take part in a demonstration organized by Amnesty International outside the Saudi Arabia embassy in Paris.
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Demonstrators protest violence against women outside the National Press Club in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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A woman participates in a feminist march to call for a halt to femicide in Nairobi.
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A woman wears a cap reading “feminist” as she participates in a feminist march in Nairobi.
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Indian students pose with their faces painted on the occasion of International Women’s Day celebration at a college in Chennai.
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Servicemen of the Presidential Regiment perform in Moscow’s Alexander Garden.
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Student protesters in Barcelona.
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA – MARCH 8, 2019: Servicemen of the Presidential Regiment perform in Moscow’s Alexander Garden by the Kremlin Wall to mark International Women’s Day. Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS (Photo by Vyacheslav…
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Demonstrators block the Gran Via street during a protest marking International Women’s Day in Barcelona.
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People mark International Women’s Day outside the National Press Club in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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DHAKA, BANGLADESH – MARCH 08: People gather to stage a protest to mark the International Women’s Day outside National Press Club in Dhaka , Bangladesh on March 08, 2019. Several…
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Female sergeants affiliated with provincial gendarmerie command are welcomed with cloves after coming ashore in Ortakoy in Istanbul, Turkey.
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A group of Sudanese women hold placards during a rally on International Women’s Day.
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Participants in the Beauty Run marking International Women’s Day in Minsk, Belarus.
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Women from the feminist movement “Non Una Meno” (Not One Less) dressed as “Ancelle,” or handmaidens, stage a gathering in front of the Labour Ministry in Rome, Italy.
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Women take part in a candle light vigil to mark International Women’s Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Female military officers attend an International Women’s day event in Ethiopia.
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Indian students pose with their faces painted on the occasion of International Women’s Day celebration at a college in Chennai.
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A woman works at a bricks kiln on International Women’s Day in Dimapur, India.
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Student protesters shout slogans during a demonstration marking International Women’s Day in Barcelona.
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