Global Protests on International Women’s Day Demand Equality and End to Gender-Based Violence

Demonstrators worldwide call for equal pay, reproductive rights, and justice for victims of violence, while warning of threats to hard-won progress.

Protests spanned continents, with women in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas demanding equal rights, political representation, and an end to gender-based violence.
In Turkey, demonstrators opposed the government’s emphasis on traditional family roles, citing concerns about restrictions on women’s rights and rising femicide rates.
Latin American protests highlighted femicide and austerity measures, with Argentina’s government criticized for plans to remove femicide from the penal code despite high rates of gender-based killings.
European activists focused on issues like equal pay, access to healthcare, and abortion rights, with symbolic acts like Poland’s new abortion center challenging restrictive laws.
Concerns over the resurgence of far-right ideologies and rollback of women’s rights were voiced globally, with activists warning against losing progress made over decades.