March 8·Every year

International Women's Day

A global day for women's rights and gender equality, observed since 1911. In many countries it is a public holiday; in others, a march. The conversation has never been louder or more complicated.

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The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor

2021International Women's Day marches in Mexico become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in Mexico City alone.
2021Twenty-eight political institutions in Myanmar establish the National Unity Consultative Council, a historic alliance of ethnic armed organizations and democratically elected leaders, in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
2018The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) is held on International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then held annually across Pakistan, and the feminist slogan "Mera Jism Meri Marzi" (My body, my choice), in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and against gender-based violence, came into vogue in Pakistan.