On Friday, women worldwide participated in International Women's Day, participating in strikes, marches, and demonstrations, highlighting endeavors to combat discrimination and expedite progress towards gender equality.
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00:00 In Italy, International Women's Day, as is tradition, is marked by a general strike.
00:06 Thousands of people took to the streets demanding more effective policies against gender-based
00:11 discrimination and violence.
00:13 The demonstration was called by the majority of trade unions.
00:17 In Pristina, hundreds of women took to the streets to protest against domestic violence
00:22 and the injustice they suffer.
00:24 It was a demonstration in the context of International Women's Day, but with a clear message.
00:29 We march, not celebrate.
00:31 The demonstrators demand more action for the authorities to protect women from systemic
00:36 violence and for higher wages.
00:38 It's Time for Justice was the slogan of the march that marked the day in Montenegro.
00:43 Citizens, local and national representatives, and non-governmental organizations gathered
00:48 to call for an end to discrimination, marginalization, or minimization of women.
00:53 In Afghanistan, a group of women from the Afghan Women's Uprising Movement staged a
00:58 protest against the oppressive restrictions imposed by the Taliban regime.
01:02 With their faces hidden for fear of reprisals, they shouted "No" to gender apartheid.
01:07 on the sun.