Photos: International Women’s Day Around the World
March 8, 2013
Indian women laugh as they watch police coming down hard on an eve teaser as they watch a play sensitizing women to sexual abuse and ways to raise their voice against it on occasion of International Women's Day, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( India International Womens Day )
Indian women laborers work to lay a cable for an electricity company on International Women's Day in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) ( India Womens Day )
Sri Lankan women looks on before a protest to mark International Women's Day in Colombo March 8, 2013. Protesters demanded government action for domestic violence and rape issues in the country. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte ( SRI LANKA )
Indoensian women march during International Women's Day in Jakarta on March 8, 2013. According to the United Nations, women of all continents can look back to a tradition that represents at least nine decades of struggle for equality, justice, peace and development. BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images ( 517997455 )
Pakistani women ride their bikes towards the city's landmark Faisal Mosque to mark International Women's day in Islamabad on March 8, 2013. A group of determined women took to bikes March 8, riding through the Pakistani capital to highlight their rights and love of exercise in a culture that often treats them as second-class citizens. FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images ( 518002683 )
All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO) members launch sky lanterns during International Women's Day in Hyderabad on March 8, 2013. International Women's Day is marked on March 8 every year. NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images ( 518003876 )
An Indian woman laborer works at a bricks factory on International Women's Day on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) ( India Womens Day )
Young Indian girls try to balance an oil lamp on their foreheads on International Women's Day celebrations organized in a college in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) ( India International Womens Day )
A Sri Lankan woman shouts slogans during a protest to mark International Women's Day in Colombo March 8, 2013. Protesters demanded government action for domestic violence and rape issues in the country. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte ( SRI LANKA )
Women light candles while taking part in a rally to commemorate International Women's Day in Karachi on March 8, 2013. REUTERS/Athar Hussain ( PAKISTAN/ )
Mahila Adhikar Manch activists shout anti-government slogans during a rally on International World Women's day in Allahabad on March 8, 2013. The demonstrators were demanding the passing of the bill which will reserve 33 per cent of all seats in the Lower house of Parliament and in all state legislative assemblies to women. Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images ( 518002445 )
Pakistani working women carry placards as they shout slogans during a rally on International World Women's day in Lahore on March 8, 2013. International Women's Day, observed on March 8 every year, highlights the economic, political and social achievements of women. Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images ( 518000744 )
Filipino protesters clash with police as the former try to march closer to the US Embassy in Manila to commemorate International Women's Day Friday March 8, 2013 in the Philippines. Thousands of Filipinos commemorate Women's Day with calls to stop violence against women and children. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) ( Philippines International Womens Day )
Pakistani working women carry placards as they shout slogans during a rally on International World Women's day in Lahore on March 8, 2013. International Women's Day, observed on March 8 every year, highlights the economic, political and social achievements of women. Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images ( 518000745 )
Indian female labourers and sex workers pose with placards for a rally on International World Women's day in Kolkata on March 8, 2013. The demonstrators participated in the rally to demand equal social and finacial rights and securitys. DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 518001739 )
Indian woman laborers work to lay a cable for an electricity company on International Women's Day in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) ( India International Womens Day )
Sri Lankan women shout slogans during a protest to mark International Women's Day in Colombo March 8, 2013. Protesters demanded government action for domestic violence and rape issues in the country. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte ( SRI LANKA )
Members of the GABRIELA women's group march during a protest on International Women's Day along a main street towards the presidential palace in Manila March 8, 2013. The protesters called for the immediate pullout of the U.S. troops stationed in the country. The banner reads "Women defend our motherland! Fight plunderous imperialists! Down with the Aquino puppet regime". REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco ( PHILIPPINES/ )
Pakistani working women carry placards as they shout slogans during a rally on International World Women's day in Lahore on March 8, 2013. International Women's Day, observed on March 8 every year, highlights the economic, political and social achievements of women. Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images ( 518000738 )
White cloth bags emblazoned with slogans denouncing rape are seen hung from mannequins at a fashion store in Mumbai on March 8, 2013. International Women's Day is marked on March 8 every year. PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images ( 518001318 )
Indian female labourers and sex workers participate in a rally on International World Women's day in Kolkata on March 8, 2013. The demonstrators participated in the rally to demand equal social and finacial rights and securitys. DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images ( 518001811 )
Participants practice techniques during a self-defence class for ethnic northeastern Indian women in New Delhi on March 8, 2013, on World Women's Day. The Indian capital has seen around four rape cases a day since January 1, compared to an average of two rape cases registered daily in 2012, though the increase could be attributed, in part, to more reporting by emboldened women following protests against the fatal gang-rape of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in December 2012. RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 518002324 )
Women march, holding a banner showing the portraits of three Kurdish activist women (from L) Fidan Dogan, Sakine Cansiz and Leyla Soylemez, found shot dead at the Kurdistan Information Bureau in Paris last January, as they commemorate the International Women's Day on March 8, 2013 in Ankara. Hundreds of demonstrators took part in the rally calling to stop violence towards women. ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 518002990 )
Women hold a banner reading "End to the war" as they march to commemorate the International Women's Day on March 8, 2013 in Ankara. Hundreds of demonstrators took part in the rally calling to stop violence towards women. ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 518003068 )
Women hold placards including one reading "Don't touch my body" as they march to commemorate the International Women's Day on March 8, 2013 in Ankara. Hundreds of demonstrators took part in the rally calling to stop violence towards women. ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 518003146 )
Two women attend a boxing workshop of the Boxgirls Berlin in Berlin, Friday, March 8, 2013. The two women of the donation platform for social projects Betterplace visit the Boxgirls project to mark the International Womens Day. The Boxgirls Berlin are part of the Boxgirls International organization that supports women and girls using boxing programs as a catalyst for social change in their cities with the slogan 'Strong Girls, Save Communities' and supporting the women and girls empowerment. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ( Germany International Womens Day )
Young Indian men and women reflect the attitude of the society of closing their eyes to sexual abuse against women as they stage a street play against sexual abuse of women and ways to raise voice against it on International Women's Day, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( APTOPIX India International Womens Day )
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