People around the world celebrate International Women's day, March 8, highlighting women's rights and gender equality. 

Abortion rights activists hold their iconic green handkerchiefs in favor of decriminalizing abortion at Plaza de Mayo during the International Women's day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 8, 2020. (NATACHA PISARENKO / AP)

Protesters take part in a march on International Women's Day in Madrid, Spain, March 8, 2020, Thousands of women are marching in Madrid and other Spanish cities as part of International Women's Day. (PAUL WHITE / AP)

A woman takes parts in a rally on International Women's Day in Warsaw, Poland, March 8, 2020. (CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI / AP)

A woman takes part in a protest during International Women's Day in Guatemala City, March 8, 2020. (MOISES CASTILLO / AP)

Pakistani activists take part in an International Women's Day rally in Karachi, Pakistan, March 8, 2020. Pakistanis held rallies across the country. (FAREED KHAN / AP)

Protesters take part in a rally demanding women's rights on International Women's Day in Tahrir square in Baghdad, Iraq, March 8, 2020. (KHALID MOHAMMED / AP)

Women of the National Bolivarian Militia shout at a pro-government march on International Women's Day in Caracas, Venezuela, March 8, 2020. (ARIANA CUBILLOS / AP)

Women on wheelchairs shout slogans against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, to mark International Women's Day in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 8, 2020. (ANDRE PENNER / AP)

Women participate in a rally celebrating International Women's Day at Washington Square Park in New York, March 8, 2020. (EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ / AP)

An indigenous woman embraces another woman as they march to commemorate International Women's Day in Asuncion, Paraguay, March 8, 2020. (JORGE SAENZ / AP)

A girl marches with her mother to commemorate International Women's Day in Montevideo, Uruguay, March 8, 2020. (MATILDE CAMPODONICO / AP)

Women march during International Women's Day in Mexico City, March 8, 2020. Protests against gender violence in Mexico have intensified in recent years amid an increase in killings of women and girls. (EDUARDO VERDUGO / AP)

Members of Thailand labour rights groups and state enterprise unions march for labour rights on International Women’s Day in Bangkok on March 8, 2020. (LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)