International Women’s Day
Women around the world celebrate, march and protest for International Women’s Day March 8.
- Kurdish women play instruments at the Diyarbakir historical castle to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2015. (lyas Akengin/AFP/Getty Images)
- Moroccan women shout slogans during a protest calling for gender equality as they mark International women’s day in Rabat on March 8, 2015. (Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images)
- A woman takes part in a march along Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 8, 2015 in celebration of the International Women’s Day. (Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images)
- A woman takes part in a march along Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 8, 2015 in celebration of the International Women’s Day. (Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images)
- Women hold signs reading in French “One out of three women is beaten or raped” and in Spanish “We want a world where equality is a reality and not an objective” as they take part in a parade marking International Women’s Day in Paris on March 8, 2015. (Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images)
- Kurdish women sing and play music as they take part in a parade marking International Women’s Day in Paris on March 8, 2015. (Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images)
- People take part in a parade marking International Women’s Day in Paris on March 8, 2015. (Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images)
- Turkish women shout slogans during a protest on International Women’s Day in Ankara on March 8, 2015. Banner reads: “Men kill women, not streets!” (Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images)
- An opponent of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro marches in Caracas to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2015. Late president Hugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor, Maduro, is struggling to revive the recession-hit economy and address chronic shortages of basic goods. Maduro has taken a harder line than Chavez, jailing opponents and allowing the security forces to use deadly force to control public demonstrations. His approval rating is now hovering around 20 percent, putting the Chavistas at risk of losing key legislative elections later this year. (Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images)
- Opponents of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro march in Caracas to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2015. Late president Hugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor, Maduro, is struggling to revive the recession-hit economy and address chronic shortages of basic goods. Maduro has taken a harder line than Chavez, jailing opponents and allowing the security forces to use deadly force to control public demonstrations. His approval rating is now hovering around 20 percent, putting the Chavistas at risk of losing key legislative elections later this year. (Federicco Parra/AFP/Getty Images)
- Opponents of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro march in Caracas to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2015. Late president Hugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor, Maduro, is struggling to revive the recession-hit economy and address chronic shortages of basic goods. Maduro has taken a harder line than Chavez, jailing opponents and allowing the security forces to use deadly force to control public demonstrations. His approval rating is now hovering around 20 percent, putting the Chavistas at risk of losing key legislative elections later this year. (Federicco Parra/AFP/Getty Images)
- Turkish women beat riot police shields on March 8, 2015 as they try to cross a police cordon to reach Taksim square during a rally on Istiklal avenue in Istanbul to mark International Women’s Day. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
- An opponent of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro takes part in a march in Caracas to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2015. Late president Hugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor, Maduro, is struggling to revive the recession-hit economy and address chronic shortages of basic goods. Maduro has taken a harder line than Chavez, jailing opponents and allowing the security forces to use deadly force to control public demonstrations. His approval rating is now hovering around 20 percent, putting the Chavistas at risk of losing key legislative elections later this year. (Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images)
- An opponent of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro takes part in a march in Caracas to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2015. Late president Hugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor, Maduro, is struggling to revive the recession-hit economy and address chronic shortages of basic goods. Maduro has taken a harder line than Chavez, jailing opponents and allowing the security forces to use deadly force to control public demonstrations. His approval rating is now hovering around 20 percent, putting the Chavistas at risk of losing key legislative elections later this year. (Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Turkish woman shouts slogans on March 8, 2015 as she tries to cross a police cordon to reach Taksim square during a rally on Istiklal avenue in Istanbul to mark International Women’s Day. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
- Turkish women march on March 8, 2015 on Istiklal avenue in Istanbul to mark International Women’s Day. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
- Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado (R) joins thousands of opponents of the government of President Nicolas Maduro in a march in Caracas to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2015. Late president Hugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor, Maduro, is struggling to revive the recession-hit economy and address chronic shortages of basic goods. Maduro has taken a harder line than Chavez, jailing opponents and allowing the security forces to use deadly force to control public demonstrations. His approval rating is now hovering around 20 percent, putting the Chavistas at risk of losing key legislative elections later this year. (Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images)
- Colombian women attend “The March for Life” in Medellin, Antioquia department Colombia, on International Women’s Day on March 8, 2015, with a call to defeat hatred and keep society together in peace. (Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images)
- Colombian women attend “The March for Life” in Medellin, Antioquia department Colombia, on International Women’s Day on March 8, 2015, with a call to defeat hatred and keep society together in peace. (Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images)
- People wear masks with the image of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi during the “March for Life”with a call to defeat hatred and keep society together in peace, in Medellin, Antioquia department Colombia, on International Women’s Day on March 8, 2015. (Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images)
- Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado (C) joins thousands of opponents of the government of President Nicolas Maduro in a march in Caracas to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2015. Late president Hugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor, Maduro, is struggling to revive the recession-hit economy and address chronic shortages of basic goods. Maduro has taken a harder line than Chavez, jailing opponents and allowing the security forces to use deadly force to control public demonstrations. His approval rating is now hovering around 20 percent, putting the Chavistas at risk of losing key legislative elections later this year. (Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images)