Participants dance during an International Women’s Day rally in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, March 8, 2017.
Women wear purple ribbons on their faces during the “Todas en Silencio” demonstration to mark the U.N.-designated International Women’s Day, in front of La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, March 8, 2017.
Magda Malek is the first Egyptian female pilot to fly EgyptAir’s biggest jet airliner, the Boeing 777-333, March 8, 2017.
Indian ragpicker women rest after searching for recyclable material at a garbage dumping site on International Women’s Day in Gauhati, March 8, 2017.
Yemeni women take part in a protest marking the International Women’s Day in front of the U.N. building in Sana’a, Yemen, March 8, 2017.
Women throw flowers as they attend a protest during the International Women’s Day, outside the Parliament building in Warsaw, Poland, March 8, 2017.
Social activists protest in front of the Health Ministry to demand the end of violence against women and better health care for women, as the world celebrates “International Women’s Day” in Asuncion, Paraguay, March 8, 2017.
Merylee, 26, is a soldier in Nice, France. “The parity in the army already exists, it is the uniform that takes precedence over gender,” she said, Feb. 23, 2017.
Belgian and Polish women demonstrate to call for abortion rights outside buildings of European Union institutions on International Women’s Day in Brussels, Belgium, March 8, 2017.
Kosovo feminist with a sticker on her forehead reading “We March we don’t celebrate” march on the occasion of the International Women’s Day in Pristina, Kosovo, March 8, 2017. Kosovo feminists advocate for gender equality and protest against violence against women.
