International Women's Day Marked With Rallies Calling For Equality, End To Violence

Women with placards that read, "Raise your son" and "We need rights 365 days a year" participated in a rally in celebration of International Women's Day in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on March 8. The theme for this year's event was: Invest In Women: Accelerate Progress.

The procession in Bishkek was led with the slogan “A woman’s life is a mirror of time."

International Women's Day, officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, is celebrated around the world on March 8.

At a rally in Pristina, Kosovo, there were calls for gender equality and an end to violence against women.

 

Kosovar women in Pristina march with a large banner which reads "We march, we don't celebrate." The other banners say "Freedom," "Equality," and "Solidarity." 
 

Rallies were held worldwide, including these Pakistani women who participated in Hyderabad.

A girl displays posters as she stands beside her mother in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Many men in Russia were seen carrying flowers such as these in a Moscow subway. According to tradition, men give flowers and gifts to female relatives, friends, and colleagues, even though in the past two years flowers have gotten more expensive.

Women in Baku, Azerbaijan, took to the streets with flares to commemorate the day.

Street vendors were busy selling flowers in Podgorica, Montenegro.

Women also made their voices and their instruments heard as they marched in Podgorica.

In Chisinau, Moldovans who gathered had a quieter rally.

In Skopje in North Macedonia, many people were seen purchasing flowers to mark the occasion. 

Amid the ongoing Russian invasion, a Ukrainian servicewoman nicknamed 'Bullet', who has served in the army for more than a year, stands in front of Ukrainian national flags commemorating the country's fallen soldiers on Independence Square on International Women's Day in downtown Kyiv on March 8.