RFE/RL correspondents across the region shared photos taken on International Women's Day, observed on March 8. They show the diversity of women in their communities as they carry out jobs ranging from military service to copying the Koran or herding cattle -- or as they simply relax and play football.
At Work And Play On International Women's Day
An Armenian police woman
Erkegul Bolat, a street cleaner in the Kazakh capital, Astana
Afghan calligraphers write the text of the Koran in Kabul.
Moldovan women at work at a Chisinau bakery
Street cleaners in Kazan, the capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan
A Belarusian honor guard at the Victory Monument in Minsk
A textile seller in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
A street protest in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro
Aizhan Mukasheva works as a hairdresser in Astana, Kazakhstan.
An Afghan woman sells used clothing in Kabul.
Ukrainian policewomen finish their night shifts early on March 8.
Women in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau
A woman feeds pigeons in Kazan, the capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan.
Lazzat Koldabayeva is a bus conductor in Astana, Kazakhstan.
At work in a bakery in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi
A woman sells flowers in Chisinau.
A young employee of McDonald's in Kazan
An Uzbek woman cleans the street.
A florist sells roses in Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan.
Another flower seller in Belgrade, Serbia
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
A women's football tournament in Minsk, Belarus
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
A market vendor in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Women shop in Baku, Azerbaijan.
A Crimean Tatar woman grazes cattle near Fedosia, Crimea.