{"id":15310,"date":"2019-03-10T03:24:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T07:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=15310"},"modified":"2019-10-10T02:07:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T06:07:30","slug":"photos-international-womens-day-marked-by-strikes-protests-and-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=15310","title":{"rendered":"Photos: International Women\u2019s Day marked by strikes, protests and celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. WOMEN’S EQUALITY . <\/p>\n

An photo essay from the Public Broadcasting System<\/a> with additional photos as indicated<\/p>\n

Marches and protests are being held Friday [March 8] across the globe to mark International Women\u2019s Day under the slogan #BalanceforBetter, with calls for a more gender-balanced world. The day, sponsored by the United Nations since 1975, celebrates women\u2019s achievements and aims to further their rights.<\/p>\n

INDIA<\/p>\n

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\nGirls shout slogans during a protest demanding equal rights for women on the occasion of International Women’s Day in New Delhi, India. Photo by Adnan Abidi\/Reuters
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In India, hundreds of women marched on the streets of New Delhi demanding an end to domestic violence, sexual attacks and discrimination in jobs.<\/p>\n

Boys are prized more than girls in India. Thousands of Indian women are killed \u2014 often doused in gasoline and burned to death \u2014 every year because the groom or his family feel the dowry she brought to the wedding was inadequate.<\/p>\n

Political parties in India have for years been promising 33 percent of seats for women in the country\u2019s Parliament, but they have yet to enact legislation to that effect.<\/p>\n

SPAIN<\/p>\n

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\nA woman wears a mask that reads \u201cFeminist Strike\u201d as she takes part in a bike protest during a nationwide feminist strike on International Women\u2019s Day in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Sergio Perez\/Reuters<\/center><\/p>\n

Thousands of women walked off the job in Spain, joining millions more around the world demanding equality amid a persistent salary gap, violence and widespread inequality.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s rights have become one of the hot topics in the run-up to a general election in Spain next month. Many female employees didn\u2019t show up to work Friday. Others halted domestic work or left to men the care of children and ill or elderly people.<\/p>\n

PORTUGAL<\/p>\n

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\nSandra Delgadillo, a domestic worker from Bolivia, hangs her uniform in a balcony as she joins a nationwide feminist strike on International Women\u2019s Day in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Sergio Perez\/Reuters
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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 \u2014 the highest number over the same period in 10 years.<\/p>\n

FRANCE<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto of Aissa Dumara Ngatansou from Agence Cameroun Press<\/a>
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In France, the first Simone Veil prize went Friday to a Cameroonian activist who has worked against forced marriages and other violence against girls and women.<\/p>\n

Aissa Doumara Ngatansou was married against her will at age 15 but insisted upon continuing her studies as a young wife. She has since turned her attention to victims of Boko Haram extremists.<\/p>\n

The French award is named for the trailblazing French politician and Holocaust survivor Veil, who spearheaded the fight to legalize abortion.<\/p>\n

GERMANY<\/p>\n

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\nFemale soldiers of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) distribute flowers to women during the International Women\u2019s Day near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Hannibal Hanschke\/Reuters
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RUSSIA<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile in Russia, International Women\u2019s Day is a public holiday but it mostly lauds gender roles that are now outdated. As is his custom every year, President Vladimir Putin gave a speech thanking women for their patience, good grace and support.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou manage to do everything: both at work and at home and at the same time you remain beautiful, charismatic, charming, the center of gravity for the whole family, uniting it with your love,\u201d Putin said.<\/p>\n

(Photos continued in right column)<\/p>\n

(Click here for the Spanish version <\/a> of this article or here for the version in French<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Question for this article<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Prospects for progress in women’s equality, what are the short and long term prospects?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Photos continued from left column)<\/p>\n

INDONESIA<\/p>\n

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\nphoto from Jakarta Post<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

In Indonesia\u2019s capital Jakarta, several hundred men and women carried colorful placards calling for an end to discriminative practices such as the termination of employment for pregnancy and exploitative work contracts.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur action today is to urge (the government) for our right to a society that\u2019s democratic, prosperous, equal and free from violence,\u201d said Dian Trisnanti, a labor activist. Girls and women in Indonesia, the world\u2019s fourth most populous country, have equal access to education but face higher unemployment, lower wages and poorer working conditions than men.<\/p>\n

IRAQ<\/p>\n

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\nOn the International Women\u2019s Day in Shikhan, north of Iraq, Yazidi women attend a ceremony at Lilash Temple to commemorate the death of women who were killed by Islamic State militants. Photo by Ari Jalal\/Reuters
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SOUTH AND NORTH KOREA<\/p>\n

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Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions attend during a rally to mark the International Women’s Day in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 8, 2019. Photo from . Photo from National Post<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Both Koreas marked the day. In the South, women wearing black cloaks and pointed hats marched against what they describe as a \u201cwitch hunt\u201d of feminists in a deeply conservative society.<\/p>\n

College student Noh Seo-young said that South Korea struggles to accept that women are \u201calso humans\u201d and that women have to fight until they can \u201cwalk around safely.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the North, where Women\u2019s Day is one of the few national holidays that is not explicitly political in nature, people dressed up for family photo shoots or bought roses for their mothers or wives at the many small, bright orange street stalls in central Pyongyang that sell flowers. The stalls normally do most of their business selling flowers to be placed at the feet of statues to the country\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n

PHILIPPINES<\/p>\n

In the Philippines, hundreds of women in purple shirts used a noisy march and protest in Manila to call for the ouster of President Rodrigo Duterte, whom they rebuked for the often sexist jokes he cracks and authoritarian moves they say are threatening one of Asia\u2019s liveliest democracies.<\/p>\n

They toppled an ugly head effigy of Duterte from atop paper blocks with slogans depicting him as an American lapdog.<\/p>\n

UNITED STATES<\/p>\n

On the eve of International Women\u2019s Day, U.S. first lady Melania Trump saluted women from 10 countries for their courage.<\/p>\n

The recipients of the International Women of Courage Award included human rights activists, police officers and an investigative journalist. They came from Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, Ireland, Jordan, Montenegro, Myanmar, Peru, Sri Lanka and Tanzania.<\/p>\n

\u201cCourage is what divides those who only talk about change from those who actually act to change,\u201d Mrs. Trump said at a ceremony Thursday that was also attended by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.<\/p>\n

Pompeo separately recognized women in Iran for protesting the requirement that they wear a head covering known as a hijab in public and a Ukrainian activist who died in 2018 after she was attacked with sulfuric acid.<\/p>\n

EL SALVADOR<\/p>\n

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\nActivists take part in a demonstration during a nationwide feminist strike on International Women\u2019s Day in San Salvador, El Salvador. Photo by Jose Cabezas\/Reuters
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ETHIOPIA<\/p>\n

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who named one of the world\u2019s few \u201cgender-balanced\u201d Cabinets last year, told a gathering that \u201cwomen are the pillars of the nation and the least recognized for their sacrifices.\u201d<\/p>\n

NIGERIA<\/p>\n

In Nigeria, the U.S. Embassy hosted talks on sexual harassment that included a founder of the recent #ArewaMeToo campaign among women in the country\u2019s conservative, largely Muslim north. <\/p>\n

NIGER<\/p>\n

And in Niger, first lady Aissata Issoufou Mahamadou oversaw the awards in the Miss Intellect Niger contest.<\/p>\n

KENYA<\/p>\n

Women protested against gender-based violence in Kenya\u2019s capital.
\n\u201cWe haven\u2019t gotten to a stage where women are comfortable to come out and say, \u2018I was sexually abused,’\u201d said protester Esther Passaris. \u201cSo what we need to do is slowly, slowly grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

AP reporters across the globe contributed to this report. Hatton reported from Lisbon, Portugal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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