In pictures: InternationalWomenDay is being celebrated around the world in unique and empowering ways
Women protests against sexual harassment, discrimination, and inequality, highlights that"women's rights are human rights."
International Women's Day kicked off on Friday around the world and people are celebrating the day in unique and empowering ways.Loudly banging pots and pans, a few hundred women protesters gathered in Madrid in the early hours of Friday to mark the start of International Women's Day. Women bang pots and pans during a protest at the start of a nationwide feminist strike on International Women's Day at Puerta del Sol Square in Madrid, Spain, March 8, 2019. Indonesian women marched in Banda Aceh against sexual harassment and to support women's rights.
Activists takes part in an event to mark International Women's Day in Banda Aceh, Aceh province on March 8, 2019.
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