Marches and protests spread across the globe to mark International Women's Day, under the slogan BalanceforBetter, with calls for a more gender-balanced world.
Marches and protests spread across the globe to mark International Women's Day, under the slogan #BalanceforBetter, with calls for a more gender-balanced world.The day, sponsored by the United Nations since 1975, celebrates women's achievements and aims to further their rights.Marchers shout slogans in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday. Spanish women are marking International Women's Day with a strike and dozens of protests across the country against wage gaps and gender violence.
In neighboring Portugal, the Cabinet observed a minute of silence Thursday as part of a day of national mourning it decreed for victims of domestic violence. Portuguese police say 12 women have died this year in domestic violence incidents — the highest number over the same period in 10 years."Women make the world beautiful, they protect it and keep it alive," the Argentine Jesuit said.
Legally, all women are allowed to enter the street, but in reality, most women obey the signs that read"Entry only for men 18+." A Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo for International Women's Day shows ballerinas and male soldiers; 45,000 women serve in the country's armed forces.
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