International Women’s Day 2013
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A Filipino protester tries to break through a row of riot police as her group is prevented from marching closer to the U.S. Embassy in Manila to commemorate International Women's Day in the Philippines, on March 8, 2013. Thousands of Filipinos commemorated Women's Day with calls to stop violence against women and children. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)
Protesters clash with anti-riot policemen as members of Philippine's group Gabriela attempt to march to the US embassy for a rally in Manila on March 8, 2013. The protest march by the Philippine's women group Gabriela was held as part of International Women's Day. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)
Protesters clash with police as they try to march closer to the US Embassy in Manila to commemorate International Women's Day. Thousands of Filipinos commemorated Women's Day with calls to stop violence against women and children. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)
During a rally on International Women's Day in front of the Supreme Court in Guatemala City, activists offer a performance depicting violence against women. (Photo by Moises Castillo/Associated Press)
A woman hugs her daughter during a demonstration marking International Women's Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)
![A woman with a message painted on her back that reads in Spainsh [My body, my wardrobe] participates in a demonstration marking International Women's Day in Buenos Aires. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c030_big.jpg "A woman with a message painted on her back that reads in Spainsh [My body, my wardrobe] participates in a demonstration marking International Women's Day in Buenos Aires. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)")
A woman with a message painted on her back that reads in Spainsh [My body, my wardrobe] participates in a demonstration marking International Women's Day in Buenos Aires. (Photo by Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)
A woman sheds tears as she holds up an empty picture frame during a performance held prior to an International Women's Day march organized by mothers of disappeared daughters, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (Photo by Dario Lopez-Mills/Associated Press)
A member of the human rights organization Amnesty International lays on the ground during a demonstration marking International Women's Day in Berlin. (Photo by Markus Schreiber/Associated Press)
A woman raises a statue of pharaonic Queen Hatshepsut as she shouts slogans during a demonstration in Cairo marking International Women's Day. (Photo by Amr Nabil/Associated Press)
![Egyptian women wave a flag showing pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman that ruled Egypt, and anti-Muslim Brotherhood banners during a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 8, 2013, marking International Women's Day. Arabic reads, [women with revolution], [women are owner of a message]. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c034_big.jpg "Egyptian women wave a flag showing pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman that ruled Egypt, and anti-Muslim Brotherhood banners during a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 8, 2013, marking International Women's Day. Arabic reads, [women with revolution], [women are owner of a message]. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)")
Egyptian women wave a flag showing pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman that ruled Egypt, and anti-Muslim Brotherhood banners during a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 8, 2013, marking International Women's Day. Arabic reads, [women with revolution], [women are owner of a message]. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)
Indian salt worker Walbai Ayyubbhai, 70, checks her rake at a salt pan on the eve of International Women's Day in the Santalpur region of Little Rann of Kutch, India, on March 7, 2013. Women have always faced higher unemployment rates than men, and the sluggish global economy in recent years has only made the situation worse, the International Labour Organization said in December 2012. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP Photo)
Women laugh as they watch police come down hard on an eve teaser – a man publicly harassing or molesting a woman – as they watch a play about sexual abuse and ways to raise their voice against it in New Delhi. (Photo by Saurabh Das/Associated Press)
An image depicting a female North Korean soldier leading an artillery attack is projected on a large screen behind singers and the Unhasu Orchestra during a concert to mark International Women's Day in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Jon Chol Jin/Associated Press)
![Women shout slogans as they protest violence against women during a march in Asuncion, Paraguay. The poster reads in Spanish [Enough violence against women]. (Photo by Jorge Saenz/Associated Press)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c038_big.jpg "Women shout slogans as they protest violence against women during a march in Asuncion, Paraguay. The poster reads in Spanish [Enough violence against women]. (Photo by Jorge Saenz/Associated Press)")
Women shout slogans as they protest violence against women during a march in Asuncion, Paraguay. The poster reads in Spanish [Enough violence against women]. (Photo by Jorge Saenz/Associated Press)
Activists of the All India Peace and Solidarity Organization release a sky lantern on International Women's Day in Hyderabad, India. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./Associated Press)
A woman walks with her child past a billboard during a candlelight vigil on the eve of International Women's Day in Chennai, India. (Photo by Arun Sankar K./Associated Press)
Indian laborers work to lay a cable for an electricity company in Ahmadabad, India, on March 8, 2013. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)
![People hold banners during a demonstration against domestic violence near Big Ben in the lead up to International Women's Day, in London on Tuesday. Avon, Refuge and Women's Aid are launching a new campaign called [Speaking Out In Her Name] to raise awareness of domestic violence. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c03c_big.jpg "People hold banners during a demonstration against domestic violence near Big Ben in the lead up to International Women's Day, in London on Tuesday. Avon, Refuge and Women's Aid are launching a new campaign called [Speaking Out In Her Name] to raise awareness of domestic violence. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press)")
People hold banners during a demonstration against domestic violence near Big Ben in the lead up to International Women's Day, in London on Tuesday. Avon, Refuge and Women's Aid are launching a new campaign called [Speaking Out In Her Name] to raise awareness of domestic violence. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press)
An activist lights her torch as she takes part in a rally to commemorate International Women's Day in Islamabad March 8, 2013. (Photo by Mian Khursheed/Reuters)
A Sri Lankan woman shouts slogans during a protest to mark International Women's Day in Colombo March 8, 2013. Protesters demanded government action for domestic violence and rape issues in the country. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
To the woman presented a flower in Sevastopol, Ukraine, on March 8, 2013. Activists presented this day on the street free 155 tulips to women. The police tried to arrest activists for illegal trade as couldn't believe in free distribution of flowers. (Photo by Sergey Anashkevitch)
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