International Women’s Day: Latin America

. WOMEN’S EQUALITY . .

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Here are the results from Latin America.

ARGENTINA

In Buenos Aires, thousands marched from Congress to Plaza de Mayo. The demonstrators, mostly women, carried green and purple scarves symbolizing feminist struggles, as well as gay pride flags, drums, and signs demanding justice for femicide victims or bearing slogans such as “Not one less” or “Why do they hate feminists more than a rapist?” “It’s a strike and mobilization against the austerity policies of Javier Milei’s government, just days after the labor reform was passed that will impact women and dissidents,” feminist activist Luci Cavallero told AFP.

BOLIVIA

Women hold photos of people who they accuse of being victimizers of women during a march marking the upcoming International Women’s Day, in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

BRAZIL

Women march marking International Women’s Day on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

CHILE

Chanting “Not one step back,” thousands of Chilean women took to the streets of Santiago this Sunday to commemorate International Women’s Day, three days before the far right is set to assume power in Chile for the first time. They warned of the risks that the ultraconservative Catholic convictions of the future president, José Antonio Kast, pose to women’s rights. Photo: EFE/ Adriana Thomasa

COLOMBIA

In front of the mural “The Mothers Are Right,” a symbol of the struggle of mothers of victims of forced disappearance, hundreds of women gathered this Saturday in the streets of Bogotá to raise their voices collectively, demand their rights, speak of resistance, and paint the city purple and green during the March 8th feminist demonstration. Among the banners with phrases like “cleaning paint bothers them more than our blood,” “our cry comes from a heart tired of living with pain and fear,” and “they sowed fear in us, we grew wings,” a space was reserved for the victims of femicides in 2025, who “number more than 50 and we’re not even halfway through the year.” Photo: EFE/Vannessa Jiménez.

ECUADOR

In the Ecuadorian capital, hundreds of women marched through the streets of Quito’s Historic Center on the morning of March 8th to commemorate International Women’s Day. The participants marched with signs and banners denouncing gender-based violence and aggression, as well as messages demanding respect for women’s rights and greater freedom. During the march, slogans related to equal pay, access to rights, and the rejection of gender-based violence were observed. PHOTO: API

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GUATEMALA

People rally for International Women’s Day in Guatemala City, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

MEXICO

Protesters take part in a rally marking International Women’s Day, at the Zocalo in Mexico City, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Indigenous women organized to lead the march, followed by groups with children, women with disabilities, and young students, all calling for an end to the femicidal violence that claims the lives of eight women every day in Mexico. (YouTube video)

PARAGUAY

People hold a banner that reads in Spanish, “If the world were feminist, these wars would not exist” during a march marking International Women’s Day in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

PERU

Demonstrators chant slogans as they march marking International Women’s Day in Lima, Peru, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Women’s Day in Peru unfolded amidst tributes, flowers, and speeches in favor of women’s rights, on the one hand, and demands for greater respect and an end to violence against the still-called weaker sex, on the other.(Prensa Latina)

URUGUAY

The need for funding to ensure the country’s progressive legislation “transcends paper” and translates into effective policies to combat violence and gender inequality was the central theme of the massive march held on this International Women’s Day in Uruguay’s capital. Under the slogan “Faced with the fascist advance, feminist struggle!” and led by the Uruguayan Feminist Coordinating Committee, the massive march, in which tens of thousands of women make their demands for a society free of sexism heard every March 8th, once again turned Montevideo’s main avenue purple.

VENEZUELA

Dozens of Venezuelan women marched in Caracas to demand better wages, shelters for victims of gender-based violence, and the legalization of safe and free abortion. The women, members of various feminist movements and unions, marched from the central Plaza Venezuela to Plaza Brión in Chacaíto (east) carrying banners that called for better wages and the elimination of “governmental and patriarchal violence.”

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