Women watch a street play on domestic violence before the start of a march to mark International Women´s Day in New Delhi, India (Manish Swarup/AP)
Women all over the world on March, 8 celebrate the International Women’s Day, a day set aside as a focal point in the movement for women’s rights after the Socialist Party of America organised a Women’s Day on February 28, 1909, in New York, United States.
This year’s celebration was marked by women with a series of activities which include concerts and conferences to fun runs and festivals, while others invited friends, family and colleagues to celebrate the day with them.
The organisers of the International Women’s Day activities have shown interests in forging a more gender-balanced world by raising awareness, celebrating achievements by women and to hold rallies for change.
Below are the pictorial views of how the day was celebrated in different countries of the world:
Activists protest to mark International Women´s Day near the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines (Aaron Favila/AP)
Women activists topple an effigy of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Campaigners are demanding equal rights (Aaron Favila/AP)
Flowers prepared for International Women´s Day in Pyongyang, North Korea (Dita Alangkara/AP)
Women watch a street play on domestic violence before the start of a march to mark International Women´s Day in New Delhi, India (Manish Swarup/AP)
A rally to mark International Women´s Day in Seoul, South Korea (Lee Jin-man/AP)
An activist wears an umbrella during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia (Achmad Ibrahim/AP)
Hundreds of women marched in Nairobi to highlight domestic violence and discrimination in jobs and wages (Khalil Senosi/AP)
A woman wearing a headband with a sign that reads `enough´ takes part in a rally in Manila (Aaron Favila/AP)
French President Emmanuel Macron marked the day by presenting the Simone Veil prize to an activist who has worked against forced marriages (Thibault Camus/AP)
Artists draw graffiti on a wall of the Ministry of Women´s Affairs to mark International Women´s Day in Kabul, Afghanistan (Rahmat Gul/AP)
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