Participants of the “Beauty run” warm up before dashing down the main Nezavisimosti avenue in Minsk, Belarus, 08 March 2019. About 5,000 participants took part in the event in connection with International Women's Day. International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day that celebrates women's achievements in socially, economically, culturally and politically and also an invitation for all elements of society to accelerate gender equality. (Photo by Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA/EFE)





A women wearing a mask reading “Stop VOX” attends a rally to mark the International Women's Day in Madrid, Friday, March 8, 2019. 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. VOX is Spain's far-right political party. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)





In this undated photo provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, soldiers and ballerinas pose for pictures during a photoshoot in Yekaterinburg, Russia, to mark International Women's Day. When a Russian army recruitment office ordered a photoshoot to celebrate International Women's Day, it didn't feature any of the 45,000 women currently serving in the country's armed forces. While International Women's Day is marked Friday across many countries with calls for gender equality, in Russia it is still a holiday largely focused on celebrating outdated gender roles. (Photo by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP Photo)





A woman stands with a placard during a woman's protest event for International Women's Day, in Dublin city centre, Ireland, Friday March 8, 2019. (Photo by Brian Lawless/PA Wire via AP Photo)





Women attend a candle light event to mark International Women's Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 7, 2019. (Photo by K.M. Asad/Zuma Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A dog tries to reach a flower which was distributed by female soldiers of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) to women during the International Women's Day near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, March 8, 2019. (Photo by Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)





A Pakistani woman takes part in rally during the International Women's Day in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, March 8, 2019. Pakistani women mark the International Women's Day across the country against wage gap and gender violence. (Photo by B.K. Bangash/AP Photo)





A serviceman of the Presidential Regiment gives flowers to women after performing in the Alexander Garden by the Kremlin wall in Moscow, Russia on March 8, 2019. (Photo by Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS)





People hold up banners as thousands march to mark International Women's Day in Melbourne, Australia on March 8, 2019. (Photo by William West/AFP Photo)





A woman wears earrings that read in Portuguese “Women against fascism” during a march marking International Women's Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, March 8, 2019. (Photo by Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo)





Participants attend a rally, held to support women's rights and to protest against violence towards women, with a monument to Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin seen in the background, in Saint Petersburg, Russia March 8, 2019. The banner reads “Lesbian feminism”. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





Female delegates prepare for a group photo to mark International Women's Day outside the Great Hall of the People where a session of the National People's Congress is held in Beijing Friday, March 8, 2019. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A woman counts her money as she sells flowers ahead of International Women's Day in central Kiev, Ukraine March 7, 2019. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





A woman wears a mask that reads "Feminist Strike" as she takes part in a bike protest during a nationwide feminist strike on International Women's Day in Madrid, Spain, March 8, 2019. (Photo by Sergio Perez/Reuters)





A Yazidi woman lights candles during a ceremony at Lilash Temple to commemorate the death of women who were killed by Islamic State militants, during the International Women's Day, in Shikhan north of Iraq on March 8, 2019. (Photo by Ari Jalal/Reuters)





People dance in side streets, after police blocked the entrance to the main street, at a march marking International Women's Day in Istanbul, Turkey on March 8, 2019. (Photo by Murad Sezer/Reuters)





Women attend a march marking International Women's Day in Istanbul, Turkey on March 8, 2019. (Photo by Murad Sezer/Reuters)





Female members of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) appear on NBC's “Today” show for International Women's Day, in New York on March 8, 2019. (Photo by Brendan McDermid/Reuters)





People celebrate International Women's Day at a nursing home in Pyongyang, North Korea on March 8, 2019. (Photo by /Reuters). (Photo by KCNA via Reuters)





Women participate in a rally during Women's Day celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 8, 2019. (Photo by Sergio Moraes/Reuters)





Activists perform during a nationwide feminist strike on International Women's Day in San Salvador, El Salvador on March 8, 2019. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)





People take part in a march marking International Women's Day in Berlin, Germany on March 8, 2019. The sign reads: “Spike patriarchy!”. (Photo by Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)





A woman with the message written on her back, “No flesh should be for sale” as she stands on the statue at the Place de la Republique during a protest to highlight the pay disparity between women and men, in Paris, France on March 8, 2019. (Photo by Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)





A participant reacts during a rally, held to support women's rights and to protest against violence towards women, in Saint Petersburg, Russia on March 8, 2019. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





Indian students pose with their faces painted on the occasion of International Women's Day celebration at a college in Chennai on March 8, 2019. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A woman participates in a feminist march, held to call a halt to the nation's femicide, in Nairobi on March 8, 2019, on International Women's Day. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





Female sergeants affiliated with provincial gendarmerie command are welcomed with cloves after coming ashore in Ortakoy on the occasion of International Womens Day in Istanbul, Turkey on March 08, 2019. (Photo by Serhat Cagdas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)





Women march as they shout slogans during the International Women's Day in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, March 8, 2019. Spanish women are marking International Women's Day with a full day strike and dozens of protests across the country against wage gap and gender violence. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





A dog licks his owner during a rally in commemoration of International Women's Day, IWD, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2019. Marches and protests are held Friday across the globe to mark IWD under the slogan #BalanceforBetter, with calls for a more gender-balanced world. (Photo by Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo)





A trio of women hold a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: “See how we end up”, during a demonstration commemorating International Women's Day, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, March 8, 2019. Latin Americans took the streets on Friday to shout louder than ever against male violence and show their determination to conquer free, safe and free abortion. (Photo by Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)