International Women’s Day: Celebrations, marches and protests

Mackenzie Samet

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Mar 8, 2019

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Women stage protests in Madrid after a general strike to mark the International Women's Day

Women stage protests in Madrid after a general strike to mark International Women’s Day. Getty Images

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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. AFP/Getty Images

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People gather to stage a protest to mark the International Women's Day outside National Press Club in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Demonstrators protest violence against women outside the National Press Club in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Getty Images

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A woman participates in a feminist march, held to call a halt to the nation's femicide, in Nairobi.

A woman participates in a feminist march to call for a halt to femicide in Nairobi. AFP/Getty Images

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A woman wears a cap reading “feminist” as she participates in a feminist march in Nairobi. AFP/Getty Images

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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. AFP/Getty Images

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Servicemen of the Presidential Regiment perform in Moscow’s Alexander Garden. Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS

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Student protesters in Barcelona. AFP/Getty Images

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Russian Presidential Regiment and Presidential Band perform to mark International Women’s Day

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… Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS

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Demonstrators block the Gran Via street during a protest marking International Women’s Day in Barcelona. AFP/Getty Images

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People gather to stage a protest to mark the International Women's Day outside National Press Club in Dhaka.

People mark International Women’s Day outside the National Press Club in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Getty Images

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International Women’s Day Celebration in Bangladesh

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… Getty Images

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Female sergeants affiliated with provincial gendarmerie command are welcomed with cloves after coming ashore in Ortakoy in Istanbul, Turkey. Getty Images

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A group of Sudanese women hold placards during a rally on International Women’s Day. Getty Images

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Participants in the Beauty Run mark International Women's Day in Minsk, Belarus.

Participants in the Beauty Run marking International Women’s Day in Minsk, Belarus. Natalia Fedosenko/TASS

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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. AFP/Getty Images

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Women take part in a candle light vigil to mark International Women’s Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Barcroft Media via Getty Images

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Female military officers attend an event in Ethiopia.

Female military officers attend an International Women’s day event in Ethiopia. Getty Images

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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. AFP/Getty Images

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A women works at a bricks kiln on International Women's Day in Dimapur, India.

A woman works at a bricks kiln on International Women’s Day in Dimapur, India. NurPhoto via Getty Images

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Student protesters shout slogans during a demonstration marking International Women’s Day in Barcelona. AFP/Getty Images

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