AP PHOTOS: Women mark International Women’s Day by taking part in efforts to combat discrimination
A woman holds a bengala in front of La Moneda presidential palace during an International Women’s Day march, in Santiago, Chile Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Activists shout slogans during an International Women’s Day protest in Manila, Philippines on Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Women play their drums as they march against gender-based violence marking International Women’s Day, in Mexico City, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea del Rosario)
Women perform covering their faces with white scarves to symbolize that women are invisible in the justice system during an International Women’s Day event in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
A woman attends an International Women’s Day event with a red handprint across her mouth, a symbolic representation of murdered and missing Indigenous women, in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A participant plays with a child as they attend a celebration to mark the International Women’s Day at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Friday, March 8, 2024. The headband reads “Dignified life.” (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Women hold up green bandanas, a symbol of abortion rights in Latin America, during an International Women’s Day march in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A woman holds a makeshift clothesline of underwear marked with various female empowerment messages including, “Don’t give your opinion if it’s not your body”, during a march marking International Women’s Day in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Women in red cloaks and white bonnets, dressed like the characters from the novel-turned-TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale”, mark International Women’s Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Students march during an International Women’s Day protest in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, March 8, 2024. Spanish women are marking International Women’s Day with a full day strike and dozens of protests across the country against wage gap and gender violence.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
With the outlines of dead bodies, the “Tatorte 2022" art campaign commemorates the 133 women who were killed as victims of femicide in Germany in 2022, in Frankfurt, Friday, March 8, 2024. The action takes place on the occasion of International Women’s Day. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Women shouts slogans against gender-based violence during an International Women’s Day march in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A Lebanese woman holds a placard, as she attends a protest to support the Palestinian women on the International Women’s Day outside the office of a U.N. organisation, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 8, 2024. The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says about 9,000 women have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the Israel-Hamas war began five months ago. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Activists from socialist-feminist organisation ‘Women Democratic Front’ lost their control during scuffing with female police officers at a rally to mark International Women’s Day, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, March 8, 2024. The day officially recognised by the United Nations in 1977, is celebrated around the world on March 8. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
A sign is seen during a rally marking International Women’s Day in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Activists display posters during an International Women’s Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
A honour guard soldier gives a flower to a girl on International Women’s Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, March 8, 2024. International Women’s Day on March 8 is an official holiday in Russia. Per tradition, men give flowers and gifts to female relatives, friends and colleagues, even though in the past two years flowers have gotten more expensive. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
People with their hands painted white march on International Women’s Day in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A woman lifts her bicycle in order to stop traffic during a march marking International Women’s Day in Guatemala City, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Demonstrators chant slogans during a march to mark International Women’s Day in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
A woman chants slogans during a demonstration as part of the International Women’s Day, Friday, March 8, 2024 in Paris. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
Women have black tape on their mouths during a march on the occasion of International Women’s Day, in Rome, Friday, March 8, 2024. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Participants march to mark the International Women’s Day Friday, March 8, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A man walks past a large protest painting against hate crime against women, reading “no more femicide” at a house wall in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on the International Women’s Day, Friday, March 8, 2024. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A group of women stand along the beach, commemorating International Women’s Day by calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 8, 2024. Some 130 hostages remain in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war enters its sixth month, and Israel’s government says 19 of them are women. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A woman holds a bengala in front of La Moneda presidential palace during an International Women’s Day march, in Santiago, Chile Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A woman holds a bengala in front of La Moneda presidential palace during an International Women’s Day march, in Santiago, Chile Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Activists shout slogans during an International Women’s Day protest in Manila, Philippines on Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Activists shout slogans during an International Women’s Day protest in Manila, Philippines on Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Women play their drums as they march against gender-based violence marking International Women’s Day, in Mexico City, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea del Rosario)
Women play their drums as they march against gender-based violence marking International Women’s Day, in Mexico City, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea del Rosario)
Women perform covering their faces with white scarves to symbolize that women are invisible in the justice system during an International Women’s Day event in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Women perform covering their faces with white scarves to symbolize that women are invisible in the justice system during an International Women’s Day event in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
A woman attends an International Women’s Day event with a red handprint across her mouth, a symbolic representation of murdered and missing Indigenous women, in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A woman attends an International Women’s Day event with a red handprint across her mouth, a symbolic representation of murdered and missing Indigenous women, in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A participant plays with a child as they attend a celebration to mark the International Women’s Day at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Friday, March 8, 2024. The headband reads “Dignified life.” (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
A participant plays with a child as they attend a celebration to mark the International Women’s Day at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Friday, March 8, 2024. The headband reads “Dignified life.” (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Women hold up green bandanas, a symbol of abortion rights in Latin America, during an International Women’s Day march in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Women hold up green bandanas, a symbol of abortion rights in Latin America, during an International Women’s Day march in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A woman holds a makeshift clothesline of underwear marked with various female empowerment messages including, “Don’t give your opinion if it’s not your body”, during a march marking International Women’s Day in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A woman holds a makeshift clothesline of underwear marked with various female empowerment messages including, “Don’t give your opinion if it’s not your body”, during a march marking International Women’s Day in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Women in red cloaks and white bonnets, dressed like the characters from the novel-turned-TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale”, mark International Women’s Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Women in red cloaks and white bonnets, dressed like the characters from the novel-turned-TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale”, mark International Women’s Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Students march during an International Women’s Day protest in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, March 8, 2024. Spanish women are marking International Women’s Day with a full day strike and dozens of protests across the country against wage gap and gender violence.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Students march during an International Women’s Day protest in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, March 8, 2024. Spanish women are marking International Women’s Day with a full day strike and dozens of protests across the country against wage gap and gender violence.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
With the outlines of dead bodies, the “Tatorte 2022" art campaign commemorates the 133 women who were killed as victims of femicide in Germany in 2022, in Frankfurt, Friday, March 8, 2024. The action takes place on the occasion of International Women’s Day. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
With the outlines of dead bodies, the “Tatorte 2022" art campaign commemorates the 133 women who were killed as victims of femicide in Germany in 2022, in Frankfurt, Friday, March 8, 2024. The action takes place on the occasion of International Women’s Day. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Women shouts slogans against gender-based violence during an International Women’s Day march in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Women shouts slogans against gender-based violence during an International Women’s Day march in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A Lebanese woman holds a placard, as she attends a protest to support the Palestinian women on the International Women’s Day outside the office of a U.N. organisation, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 8, 2024. The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says about 9,000 women have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the Israel-Hamas war began five months ago. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A Lebanese woman holds a placard, as she attends a protest to support the Palestinian women on the International Women’s Day outside the office of a U.N. organisation, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 8, 2024. The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says about 9,000 women have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the Israel-Hamas war began five months ago. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Activists from socialist-feminist organisation ‘Women Democratic Front’ lost their control during scuffing with female police officers at a rally to mark International Women’s Day, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, March 8, 2024. The day officially recognised by the United Nations in 1977, is celebrated around the world on March 8. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Activists from socialist-feminist organisation ‘Women Democratic Front’ lost their control during scuffing with female police officers at a rally to mark International Women’s Day, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, March 8, 2024. The day officially recognised by the United Nations in 1977, is celebrated around the world on March 8. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
A sign is seen during a rally marking International Women’s Day in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A sign is seen during a rally marking International Women’s Day in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Activists display posters during an International Women’s Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Activists display posters during an International Women’s Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
A honour guard soldier gives a flower to a girl on International Women’s Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, March 8, 2024. International Women’s Day on March 8 is an official holiday in Russia. Per tradition, men give flowers and gifts to female relatives, friends and colleagues, even though in the past two years flowers have gotten more expensive. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A honour guard soldier gives a flower to a girl on International Women’s Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, March 8, 2024. International Women’s Day on March 8 is an official holiday in Russia. Per tradition, men give flowers and gifts to female relatives, friends and colleagues, even though in the past two years flowers have gotten more expensive. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
People with their hands painted white march on International Women’s Day in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
People with their hands painted white march on International Women’s Day in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A woman lifts her bicycle in order to stop traffic during a march marking International Women’s Day in Guatemala City, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A woman lifts her bicycle in order to stop traffic during a march marking International Women’s Day in Guatemala City, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Demonstrators chant slogans during a march to mark International Women’s Day in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Demonstrators chant slogans during a march to mark International Women’s Day in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
A woman chants slogans during a demonstration as part of the International Women’s Day, Friday, March 8, 2024 in Paris. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
A woman chants slogans during a demonstration as part of the International Women’s Day, Friday, March 8, 2024 in Paris. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
Women have black tape on their mouths during a march on the occasion of International Women’s Day, in Rome, Friday, March 8, 2024. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Women have black tape on their mouths during a march on the occasion of International Women’s Day, in Rome, Friday, March 8, 2024. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Participants march to mark the International Women’s Day Friday, March 8, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Participants march to mark the International Women’s Day Friday, March 8, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A man walks past a large protest painting against hate crime against women, reading “no more femicide” at a house wall in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on the International Women’s Day, Friday, March 8, 2024. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A man walks past a large protest painting against hate crime against women, reading “no more femicide” at a house wall in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on the International Women’s Day, Friday, March 8, 2024. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A group of women stand along the beach, commemorating International Women’s Day by calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 8, 2024. Some 130 hostages remain in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war enters its sixth month, and Israel’s government says 19 of them are women. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A group of women stand along the beach, commemorating International Women’s Day by calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 8, 2024. Some 130 hostages remain in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war enters its sixth month, and Israel’s government says 19 of them are women. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
LONDON (AP) — A day of their own.
Women around the globe marked International Women’s Day on Friday, taking part in strikes, marches and demonstrations that underscored efforts to combat discrimination and accelerate the drive for gender parity.
The event, first celebrated in 1911, traces its roots to the early struggles for equal pay and votes for women.
In Paris, supporters attended a ceremony formally enshrining a woman’s right to abortion in the French constitution. The initiative was overwhelmingly approved by lawmakers earlier this week, even as the U.S. and other countries restrict access to abortion.
In Lebanon, one demonstrator brandished a handmade sign linking the struggle for equal rights to the war in Gaza, where Palestinian health officials say an estimated 9,000 women have been killed in five months of fighting.
And in Brazil, protesters highlighted the increasing number of women who are being killed because of their gender, a crime known as “femicide.”
The story of progress and continued struggle was summed up by a banner unfurled on the streets of Pamplona, in northern Spain. “So much has been achieved,” it said. “There is so much to achieve.”
A Lebanese woman holds a placard, as she attends a protest to support the Palestinian women on the International Women’s Day outside the office of a U.N. organisation, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 8, 2024. The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says about 9,000 women have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the Israel-Hamas war began five months ago. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A honour guard soldier gives a flower to a girl on International Women’s Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, March 8, 2024. International Women’s Day on March 8 is an official holiday in Russia. Per tradition, men give flowers and gifts to female relatives, friends and colleagues, even though in the past two years flowers have gotten more expensive. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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