20 Images of International Women's Strike Around the World

20 Images of International Women’s Strike Around the World

Images of mobilizations around the world on March 8.

Left Voice

March 10, 2018

Argentina, Image by Enfoque Rojo

Image by EFE
Massive mobilization in Turkey.

Stamford, CT

New York City
Image by Francesca Gomes

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sao Paulo, Brazil
Image by Cris Faga/Fox Press Photo/Estadão Conteúdo from Globo News

Philippines
Image by EFE

Australia
Image by EFE

Working women against precarious labor
Santiago, Chile

Peru

Workers in Struggle
Buenos Aires, Argentina

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A memorial in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, for femicide victims.
Credit Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters

We demand the right to housing.
La Paz, Bolivia

Spanish State

Mexico City

Brazil
Image by EFE

“The revolution is magnificent, everything else is bilge!”
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Chile

New York City
Image by Francesca Gomes

Uruguay
Image by EFE

Chile
Image by EFE

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