About 400 people turned out Saturday for a protest and rally recognizing International Women’s Day, outside the courthouse in San Luis Obispo on March 8, 2025. The protest was organized and registered online via international advocacy group Women’s March, which connects community advocates to local protests.

International Women's Day​ is commemorated in different ways and to varying degrees in places around the world.

The Taliban say Afghan women live in security with their rights protected. Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, they have barred education for women and girls beyond sixth grade, most employment,

As women across Mexico prepare to take to the streets for International Women's Day on Saturday, activists warn of fragile advances and mounting challenges five months into the presidency of the Latin American nation's first female president.

Roughly 1,500 people gathered at Old Courthouse Square before they marched south to Santa Rosa City Hall for International Women’s Day.

After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq's Personal Status Law that entered into force on February 17, 2025, violates women's and girls' rights to equality before the law and puts them at risk of other abuses.

Two separate protests, 'Stand with Ukarine' and Women's Rights, merged forces after protesting on the same ground in downtown Lexington.

Asheville's Unite & Resist march attracted more than 600 demonstrators who voiced their concerns for issues like women and LGBTQ+ rights.

A highly anticipated living history event at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. The park announced that “A Conversation with Elizabeth Cady Stanton,” originally scheduled for March 7 and 8, will no longer take place as planned.

Women took to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa, South America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day with demands for ending inequality and gender-based violence. On the Asian side of Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul,