WHAT WENT DOWN AROUND THE WORLD ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

March 10, 2017

Around the world on International Women’s Day March 8^th, women gathered together in celebrations and protests. Below are some of the pictures from these events.

Amritsar, India

Women wear traditional Punjabi dress as they perform the ‘giddha’ dance during celebrations

Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images

Rio De Jainero, Brazil

Brazil Women’s Day Rally in Candelaria Square.

Photograph: Vanderel Almeida AFP Getty

Bucharest, Romania

Women lay down in front of the Justice Ministry in Bucharest during a protest calling for better law enforcement to protect abused women.

Photograph: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty Image

Dehradun, India

Policewomen tie ribbons to their uniforms.

Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

Dhaka Bangladesh

NGO leaders and workers at a rally to demand equal rights for women in the work place, with safety and a fair salary.

Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA

London, UK

Olympic sporting stars Katherine Grainger, Kate Richardson-Walsh, and Helen Richardson-Walsh attend the International Women’s Day reception at 10 Downing Street hosted by Prime Minister Theresa May.

Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

Manilla, Philippines

Protesters gather to urge President Rodrigo Duterte to address the pressing problems of lack of food, jobs and peace instead of killings and violence.

Photograph: Bullit Marquez/AP

Mexico, North America

International Women’s Day demonstration at the Monument to the Revolution Mexico City Mexico.

Photograph: EPA Mario Guzam

Minsk, Belarus

Participants of the ‘beauty run’ on the main Nezavisimosti avenue.

Photograph: Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA

Nairobi Kenya

Maasai women dance as they welcome the United Nations secretary-general, António Guterres, at an event to celebrate the International Women’s Day.

Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA

New York, America

A young woman is arrested in New York after staging a sit in protest while taking part in the Day Without a Woman.

Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Ekiti, Nigeria

The ONE campaign, an international organization aimed at ending extreme poverty and eradicating preventable diseases, staged several hundred walk-ins around the globe earlier today to rally for women’s education. One of its largest events took place in Nigeria, in Ekiti State, with several hundred students and activists.

Photograph: Handout

Seoul, South Korea

Women attend a rally.

Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA

Tbilisi, Georgia

Women perform behind a ‘glass ceiling’ during a rally.

Photograph: David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters

Vancouver, Canada

Women participate in a flash-mob dance.

Photograph: Xinhua/Barcroft Images

Melbourne, Australia

Thousands of demonstrators attend a rally calling for decolonisation of Australia, end to racism, economic justice for all women and reproductive justice, as well as supporting the struggle for the liberation of all women around the world.

Photograph: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images

Brussels, Belgium

Polish women demonstrate in Brussels near the European commission.

Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA

18. Manila, Philippines

Women carrying placards are blocked by police as they march towards the US embassy.

Photograph: Bullit Marquez/AP

Pristina, Kosovo

A woman holds a poster by US artist Shepard Ferey and reading ‘We the people, defend dignity’ as people rally for gender equality and against violence towards women.