A family takes part in a rally to mark the World Women's Day, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 8, 2013. 

Indian women watch a play about sexual abuse and ways to raise their voice against it on International Women's Day, in New Delhi, India, March 8, 2013.

Women take part in a drumming session to protest violence against women and children, Johannesburg, South Africa, March 8, 2013. 

Turkish Kurdish women protest domestic violence against women, war and discrimination as they march to commemorate the International Women's Day in Ankara, Turkey, March 8, 2013.

Women wave a flag showing pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman that ruled Egypt, and anti-Muslim Brotherhood banners during a demonstration to mark International Women's Day, Cairo, Egypt, March 8, 2013.

Two women attend a boxing workshop of the Boxgirls Berlin  to mark the International Womens Day, Berlin, Germany, March 8, 2013. 

Protesters clash with police as they try to march closer to the U.S. Embassy to commemorate International Women's Day, Manila, Philippines, March 8, 2013.

Women laborers work to lay a cable for an electricity company on International Women's Day in Ahmadabad, India, March 8, 2013. 

A female activist from Amnesty International with a target and a faceless mask lays on the ground during a demonstration marking International Women's Day, Berlin, Germany, March 8, 2013.

Russian President Vladimir Putin poses with workers of the Vologda textile factory on the eve of International Women's Day, Vologda, Russia, March 7, 2013.