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Women activists raise bras to symbolize their breaking free from restrictions imposed on them as they join an International Women's Day protest in Manila, Philippines on Friday March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Favila)
From left, France's Senate President Gerard Larcher, National Assembly President Yael Braun-Pivet, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal Deputy Minister for Gender Equality Aurore Berge, Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti attend the "seal of the abortion right article 34 into the constitution at the Palace of Versailles, Monday, March 4, 2024 in Versailles, France, west of Paris. Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the bill to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy. (Emmanuel Dunand/Pool Photo via AP)
Thai workers dresses as pregnant women demand a paid maternity leave for up to 180 days during an International Women's Day rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Police pushes a woman activist as they tried to march near the Malacanang presidential palace during an International Women's Day protest in Manila, Philippines on Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Swimmers take a dip in the Firth of Forth at Portobello in Edinburgh, to mark International Women's Day, on Friday March 8, 2024. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions stage die-in during a rally marking International Women's Day in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Students march during an International Women's Day protest in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, March 8, 2024. Spanish women are marking International Women's Day with a full day strike and dozens of protests across the country against wage gap and gender violence.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions stage die-in during a rally marking International Women's Day in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A man goes down the escalator in the subway holding bunches of flowers purchased from the flower market on International Women's Day, in Moscow, Russia, early Friday, March 8, 2024. International Women's Day on March 8 is an official holiday in Russia. Per tradition, men give flowers and gifts to female relatives, friends and colleagues, even though in the past two years flowers have gotten more expensive. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A woman votes in a referendum on the proposed changes to the wording of the Constitution relating to the areas of family and care, at Old St Joseph's Gym Hall, in Dublin, Ireland, Friday, March 8, 2024. As the world marks International Women's Day, in Ireland, voters are deciding on Friday whether to change the constitution to remove passages referring to women’s domestic duties and broadening the definition of the family. (Gareth Chaney/PA via AP)
Activists shout slogans during an International Women's Day protest in Manila, Philippines on Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Indian women vendors await customers outside a train station on International Women's Day in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
A Cambodian civil society organization member prepares a canvas during a celebration to mark the International Women's Day at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Friday, March 8, 2024. The canvas reads "Guarantees the rights of women and girls for economic stability and social justice." (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
A Lebanese woman holds placards as she attends a protest to support the Palestinian women on the International Women's Day outside the office of a U.N. organisation, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 8, 2024. The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says about 9,000 women have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the Israel-Hamas war began five months ago. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Machindra Thapa, 47, right, and Vishnu Maya Chettri, 52, prepare the Damaha, one of the instruments of the naumati baja, before a rehearsal in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Once associated only with men from the Damai community, part of the lowest caste, nine women from varied castes have come together in this band to play the naumati baja, or nine traditional instruments. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
CORRECTS PLACE - Cambodians attend a running event called "Women of Victory" to mark the International Women's Day at at a public park in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Women supporters of a religious party Jamaa-e-Islami take part in a rally to mark the International Women's Day in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
A man passes a large protest painting against hate crime against women, reading "no more femicide" at a house wall in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on the International Women's Day, Friday, March 8, 2024. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Members of Spanish unions gather during an International Women's Day protest in Pamplona, northern Spain on Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
A banner reading in Italian "We strike against patriarchal violence" is shown during a march on the occasion of International Women's Day, in Rome, Friday, March 8, 2024. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere to mark International Women's Day. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions march during a rally marking International Women's Day in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A demonstrator protests against femicides outside the City Council on International Women's Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti and French President Emmanuel Macron, background right, attendattend a ceremony to seal the right to abortion in the French constitution, on International Women's Day, at the Place Vendome, in Paris, France March 8, 2024. France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution Friday, a powerful message of support for women's right on International Women's Day. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool Photo via AP)
A honour guard soldier gives a flower to a girl on International Women's Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, March 8, 2024. International Women's Day on March 8 is an official holiday in Russia. Per tradition, men give flowers and gifts to female relatives, friends and colleagues, even though in the past two years flowers have gotten more expensive. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A honour guard soldier gives flowers to women on International Women's Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, March 8, 2024. International Women's Day on March 8 is an official holiday in Russia. Per tradition, men give flowers and gifts to female relatives, friends and colleagues, even though in the past two years flowers have gotten more expensive. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
T-shirts covered with red ink hang outside City Council building, placed by demonstrators to protest against femicide on International Women's Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti, center, attend a ceremony to seal the right to abortion in the French constitution, on International Women's Day, at the Place Vendome, in Paris, France March 8, 2024. France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution Friday, a powerful message of support for women's right on International Women's Day. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool Photo via AP)
Activists from a socialist-feminist organization perform during a rally to mark International Women's Day, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, March 8, 2024. The day officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, is celebrated around the world on March 8. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
An activist holds up a poster during an International Women's Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 8, 2024. Hundreds of people took to the streets Friday in Indonesia's capital to mark International Women's Day by voicing concern over the state of democracy in the country. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
A woman holds up a sign denouncing violence against women during a march on the occasion of International Women's Day, in Milan, Italy, Friday, March 8, 2024. Marches, demonstrations and conferences are being held the world over, from Asia to Latin America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day. (Marco Ottico/LaPresse via AP)
A girl displays posters as she stand beside her mother taking part in a rally called by socialist-feminist organisation 'Women Democratic Front' to mark International Women's Day, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, March 8, 2024. The day officially recognised by the United Nations in 1977, is celebrated around the world on March 8. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
A Lebanese woman holds up a placard as she shouts slogans during a protest in support of Palestinian women on the International Women's Day outside the office of a U.N. organisation, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 8, 2024. The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says about 9,000 women have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the Israel-Hamas war began five months ago. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Protesters stage a rally marking International Women's Day in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Participants march to mark the International Women's Day Friday, March 8, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Activists from a socialist-feminist organization display mock bodies of the women victims of honor killings and domestic violence during a rally to mark International Women's Day, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, March 8, 2024. The day officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, is celebrated around the world on March 8. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, center, takes a selfie with representatives from local women's support organizations during an International Women's Day morning tea at his official residence, the Lodge, in Canberra, Australia, Friday, March 8, 2024. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
Students march during an International Women's Day protest in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, March 8, 2024. Spanish women are marking International Women's Day with a full day strike and dozens of protests across the country against wage gap and gender violence.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)