Wednesday March 8 marks International Women's Day, with festivals, concerts and exhibitions among the numerous events planned around the world to celebrate the achievements of women in society. The annual event has been held since the early 1900s and traditionally promotes a different theme each year, with this year's edition calling on people to #BeBoldForChange and push for a more gender-inclusive working world. Reuters photographers have been speaking with women in a range of professions around the world about their experiences of gender inequality. Here: Yolaina Chavez Talavera, 31, a firefighter, poses for a photograph in front of a truck at a fire station in Managua, Nicaragua, February 22, 2017. (Photo by Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

Artist Joe Hill poses on his 3D artwork, from the “Joe and Max” project as part of an advertising campaign, during its presentation at a park in Moscow, Russia, July 4, 2015. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)

“DC3 Wreck”. A capture of a US military DC3 plane wreck at the southern black beach in Iceland. Photo location: Iceland. (Photo and caption by Naian Feng/National Geographic Photo Contest)

A Georgia Bulldogs cheerleader celebrates a 33-18 victory over Alabama in the 2022 NCAA National Championship football game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Georgia defeated Alabama 33-18. (Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A harlequin inflatable doll, part of decorations for the upcoming carnival celebrations, lays in a plaza in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, February 22, 2022. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)

A Nepalese Hindu woman receives TIKA on her forehead while praying to Lord Shiva during the first day of the Sarwan Brata festival, which is observed through prayer and a month of fasting, at the Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 17 July 2023. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)

Egyptian 26-year-old dancer Nadine El Gharib, dances on the rooftop of her home in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, September 27, 2021. “Dance was crucial when COVID-19 started in terms of taking care of my well-being”, Gharib said. “When restrictions forced us to stop going to the Opera for classes I started online dance and it introduced me to a new world of dance. It was very inspiring”. (Photo by Nariman El-Mofty/AP Photo)

A boy holds a machine gun at a military hardware exhibition during a swear-in ceremony for new recruits of the Russian military-patriotic club “Yunarmia” (Young army) in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea, October 27, 2018. (Photo by Pavel Rebrov/Reuters)