A girl performs martial arts during a function to mark International Women's Day at a school in Hyderabad, India, on March 7, 2014. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./Associated Press)
Women practice yoga at a lotus pond in Tiande Lake on the International Yoga Day on June 21, 2017 in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
Female members of police commando march during a ceremony on International Women's Day, at the police headquarters in Islamabad, Pakistan March 8, 2018. (Photo by Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)
A protester wearing high heels during a demonstration to support International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Santiago, Chile, November 25, 2016. (Photo by Pablo Sanhueza/Reuters)
A woman shouts slogans as she marches to Congress to commemorate International Women's Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, March 9, 2020. (Photo by Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)
A demonstrator scuffles with riot police during a rally ahead of International Women's Day, in Ankara, Turkey on March 6, 2022. (Photo by Cagla Gurdogan/Reuters)
Activists perform on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Rome, Tuesday, November 25, 2025 (Photo by Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP Photo)
Women practice “katte samu”, a rural traditional self-defence martial art during a workshop organised by the The Department of Language, Art and Culture of Telangana state for the upcoming International Women Day in Hyderabad, on March 6, 2020. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)