The Latest: Tens of thousands in Argentina mark Women’s Day
The Latest on International Women's Day:
Tens of thousands of people marched in
The demonstrators Thursday banged on drums, chanted slogans and carried flags and banners along the streets of
Some demonstrators lay on the streets motionless while wearing white shirts stained with red paint to look like blood. The banners next to them read: "While you debate, we die."
Hundreds of Brazilian women are marching to demand equal rights and protest gender-based violence to mark International Women's Day.
Marchers in
Google is highlighting 12 female artists in its "doodle" to commemorate International Women's Day, and the online search leader launched a new tool that makes it easier to find local businesses that are owned, led or founded by women.
The new tool will be a permanent feature, and is also available for people who want to find businesses friendly to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning and/or queer (LGBTQ) community.
The company also hosted a discussion with
That said, Google, like other tech companies, has been criticized for hiring too few women, especially in technical roles, and is the subject of a lawsuit alleging that it underpaid women compared with their male counterparts.
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Meanwhile, a replica of "Fearless Girl" was installed in
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A spokeswoman for Mayor
The statue's owner, investment firm
The
"Today, they are shaking the pillars of patriarchy," Gutteres said. "They are insisting on lasting change. This is what women and girls want. And that is what I want."
And to loud applause, he declared: "It is what every sensible man and boy should want."
The
The award recognizes women who have shown courage and leadership in pressing for women's rights worldwide.
"Their courage only furthers my belief in the powerful impact women can make through solidarity and support of one another,"
Rallies and other events were being held around the world Thursday to mark International Women's Day.
Thousands of women are taking over the central arteries of cities across
"If we stop, the world stops" has become the slogan opening more than 300 protests.
They come after a full day of striking on Thursday to mark International Women's Day. Some 5.3 million people participated, according to two of the country's main workers' unions.
The
Strikes were especially noticeable in media, with prominent female anchors and journalists absent from television screens and radio programs. Nearly 7,500 female journalists have signed a manifesto calling for equal pay and opportunities.
Chanting "Women power!" and "We are defending women's lives!" a few thousand women marched through downtown
The demonstrators were protesting violence against women and demanding equal pay with men. Some carried black umbrellas, a symbol of their successful, massive protest in 2016 that blocked plans by the right-wing government to further tighten
Similar marches were held in other cities across predominantly Catholic Poland, as well as around the world.
Kroger says it will light up its
The supermarket operator, which also owns the Ralphs, Owen's and Roundy's chains, says the 25-story building will be illuminated with the female Venus symbol Thursday night.
Many companies are trying to spotlight women for the day.
Black glasses covering part of her badly burned face, a victim of an acid attack joined hundreds of activists who rallied in
Acid attacks are not uncommon in
At
Victims of acid attacks tend to avoid public gatherings. They are often treated at hospitals with financial assistance from non-governmental organizations.
The upside-down logo appeared Thursday on the fast-food giant's website and social media accounts. It also flipped the arches at one restaurant in
The
Hundreds of women have protested in
Some posters held up during the demonstration in Pristina said "We march, we do not celebrate" and "Job for me."
Three current and former French ministers have performed in a play about women's sexual experiences amid the French government's push to highlight gender inequality.
The state secretary for women's rights,
Schiappa is currently championing a new bill targeting sexual violence and harassment.
Theater producer
Dumontet told The Associated Press that "it brings women's issues to a very prominent position. They are really speaking out."
Bachelot said she agreed to perform the play with Schiappa because the fight for gender equality goes beyond political divides.
Catholic women are challenging
Former Irish President
In her speech, delivered at the
French President
For International Women's Day, Macron has visited a property company awarded for its efforts toward gender equality.
He said that pointing the finger at companies that don't comply with the law "will make them change, because no one wants to be the worst student in the class."
Prime Minister
One measure would sanction companies with more than 50 employees, if there is an "unjustified" gender wage gap, with a substantial financial penalty.
Statistics show at the same age and equivalent job, there is a 9 percent gap between the wages of men and women in
Asia Argento, an Italian actress who helped launch the #MeToo movement, is launching a new movement, #WeToo, which aims to unite women against the power imbalance in favor of men.
Argento told Radio 24 on Thursday that her aim was "to finally change the patriarchal system so rooted in our culture, not just in
Argento helped give strength to other women to report sexual assault and harassment when she accused
Hundreds of women have marched in
Chanting slogans, they rallied in the capital
At Thursday's rallies, women denounced violence against them in
Prime Minister
Women in
Pakistani women have largely been deprived of their rights since the country gained independence in 1947.
Some 90 students met the royal couple on Thursday at
Markle seemed impressed by the aspirations of the students, many of whom wanted to be doctors or surgeons.
Harry and Markle are touring the country to introduce the American actress to the people of
South African President
Ramaphosa, who took office last month, said Thursday that his compatriots should use International Women's Day to decide what they can do to advance gender equality.
Ramaphosa says
German
Merkel, considered one of the world's most powerful women, said Thursday in a video message that "many women before us have made sacrifices and fought persistently so that women would have more rights ... but there's still a lot to do."
The chancellor said that, "there are also new tasks for men" — but she didn't elaborate further.
Merkel added, "Therefore today is not only a day to look back at what has been achieved, but also a day on which we say — the struggle for equal rights of women continues."
Ugandan President
Domestic violence is common across in
"If you want to fight, why don't you look for a fellow man and fight?" Museveni said, calling domestic abusers cowards.
Museveni said lifting women up economically, through education and entrepreneurship, can help bring an end to rampant domestic violence.
He said: "If the girls are not economically empowered, they will remain vulnerable to these bully men."
A leading French newspaper has found a novel way to mark International Women's Day — by upping its price for men, to mimic the pay gap.
The all-red front page of Thursday's edition of the left-leaning daily Liberation wrote in bold letters "For Women
The paper added that for one day only, men would pay
Liberation said it wants to "highlight this injustice" with its price increase for men.
"A punishment? No. A contribution!" the paper wrote on the front page, saying the extra money recovered from men on Thursday would go to the
Goalkeeper
Morgan says having a Women's World XI team "helps female footballers recognize the talent among their peers and I'm really happy to encourage and be a part of that."
Opposition presidential candidate
The allegations against
Sobchak held her demonstration on Thursday, International Women's Day, which is observed as a public holiday in
President
Spanish women are marking International Women's Day with the first-ever full day strike and dozens of protests across the country against the wage gap and gender violence.
Under the slogan "If we stop, the world stops," women working both in and outside their homes, unpaid caretakers and students are called to join the 24-hour strike by the
CCOO and UGT, two of the main workers' unions in
In
During
The head of the
"Your safety represents the safety of all Afghan women," she said, reminding women in uniform to report any abuse by superiors to the rights commission. She said no one has the right to comment on their physical appearance or to speak to them disrespectfully.
This item has been corrected to show that the women gathered in
Hundreds of women have held street plays and marched in the Indian capital to highlight domestic violence, sexual attacks and discrimination in jobs and wages on International Women's Day.
They carried placards reading, "Unite against violence against Women," ''Man enough to say no to domestic abuse," and "My body, My choice."
Violent crime against women has been on the rise in
Office workers, school teachers and sex workers were among those participating in the 2-kilometer (1.25 mile) march, which ended near
Prime Minister
Hundreds of South Koreans are staging a protest in support of the #MeToo movement on International Women's Day.
Protesters, many wearing black and holding black signs reading #MeToo, gathered in central
Since a female prosecutor's revelation in January of workplace mistreatment and sexual misconduct,
Several high-profile men have resigned from positions of power, including a governor who was a leading presidential contender before he was accused of repeatedly raping his secretary.
In a speech marking International Women's Day, she said, "A country's human rights values will be enhanced when women are granted their rights."
Thursday was the third year the annual event was celebrated under a civilian government in
Though
Students at
One banner joked that a boyfriend's term should also have no limits, while another said, "A country cannot exist without a constitution, as we cannot exist without you!"
Photos of the banners were shared on Chinese social media Wednesday night before they were scrubbed by censors. Several online commenters also said the posters appeared to have been swiftly removed.
Despite heavy censorship, the move has been criticized by liberal intellectuals as a return to dictatorship and satirized online.
Marches and demonstrations in
Hundreds of women activists in pink and purple shirts protested Thursday in
Protest leaders sang and danced in a boisterous rally in downtown
A rally for the rights of female workers was scheduled for later Thursday in central
Other events are planned across
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