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Happy International Women's Day
Date Added: March 08, 2021 10:57:10 PM
Author: Sutra Web Directory
Category: Society & Culture
Bandung, Indonesia
A slogan on an activist’s back reads: ‘My body, my authority’
Photograph: Timur Matahari/AFP/Getty Images

Vladivostok, Russia
Windows are lit at the Primorye Territory government building to form the shape of a heart
Photograph: Yuri Smityuk/Tass
 

Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
 
Mothers and relatives walk holding crosses during an event demanding an end to violence against women and femicide
Photograph: Mahe Elipe/Reuters
 

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
 
A woman waves a green flare during a demonstration to demand greater rights for women, in front of the National Congress
Photograph: Erika Santelices/afp/AFP/Getty Images
 
 
Kolkata, India
Women attend a protest march against a rise in fuel prices
Photograph: Rupak de Chowdhuri/Reuters
 

London, England
 
Members of the Wom Collective, a female street art collective, work on their new piece of street art in Brixton to celebrate International Women’s Day
Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty Images
 
 
Santiago, Chile
Members of the feminist group Las Tesis rehearse a new production for International Women’s Day
Photograph: Marcelo Hernández/Getty Images
 

Bahadurgar, India
Female farmers at a protest against new agriculture laws
Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
 

Mexico City, Mexico
Women place flowers and posters with the names of victims of femicide on a fence placed front of the National Palace
Photograph: Sáshenka Gutiérrez/EPA
 

Jakarta, Indonesia
Women’s rights activists hold placards during a rally near the presidential palace calling for gender equality, justice and improved welfare for women
Photograph: Adi Weda/EPA
 

London, England
Female police officers and special constables talk to a suspect following a stop and search in Southwark during an all-female operation by the Metropolitan police, the first of its kind for the force, to commemorate International Women’s Day
Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA
 
 
Paris, France
The Manif Pour Tous group holds a women’s rights protest
Photograph: Olivier Donnars/Le Pictorium Agency/ZUMA/Rex/Shutterstock
 
 
Kathmandu, Nepal
Women take part in a rally demanding tax-free sanitary pads
Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
 
 
Lahore, Pakistan
Trade union members take part in a march
Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images
 

Madrid, Spain
Women demonstrate in the capital’s Lavapiés neighbourhood under the motto: ‘In the face of social emergency, feminism is essential’
Photograph: Juan Carlos Lucas/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock
 

Tel Aviv, Israel
A woman outside the district court holds a placard that reads: ‘I refuse to be next’, as others stand next to mock coffins to represent women killed as a result of domestic violence
Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images