Shakar Rustami (L) and Zulaikha Amini, organizers of the“'Smart Way” book and painting exhibition stand in front of painting in Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 August 2023. Young female artists in Kabul held a painting exhibition to express the restrictions imposed by the Taliban on women and girls. The exhibition also featured books displayed by students to promote reading culture. Some of the girls called for the Taliban to lift the restrictions against women and girls. Many female students turned to painting and drawing after schools and universities closed. (Photo by Samiullah Popal/EPA/EFE)

Women perform a pole dancing routine during the national day celebration of “Urban Pole” dance along a street in Monterrey, Mexico, on June 9, 2013. (Photo by Daniel Becerril/Reuters)

Jordanian policewomen train in unarmed combat in the training city August 21, 2008 in Muwaqqar, east of Amman, Jordan. A women's police academy opened in Amman in 1972 making Jordan the first Arab country to admit women to its police services. Jordanian policewomen work as personalities' guards, special security operations and traffic policewomen including motorcycling among other professions. (Photo by Salah Malkawi/Getty Images)

Women carry a portable shrine, a Mikoshi, through a street in Tokyo's Asakusa district during the Sanja festival, Japan, May 15, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A group of women laugh at artwork referencing U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made by the artist Hanksy and being sold at a temporary store in New York, U.S., June 4, 2016. (Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

2016 Rio Olympics, Artistic gymnastics, Women's Training, Rio Athletes Park, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on July 27, 2016. A gymnast from Russia trains. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)

2016 Rio Olympics, Weightlifting, Final, Women's 69kg, Riocentro, Pavilion 2, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 10, 2016. Leidy Solis (COL) of Colombia competes. (Photo by Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)

Women hold hands during the Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) culture in Tokyo, Japan, May 8, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)