International Women’s Day celebrated worldwide


The AP has a nice roundup of actions surrounding International Women’s Day.
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In Bangladesh, hundreds of men joined protests against acid attacks that disfigure scores of women every year.
European leaders marked the day by calling for equal working rights for women and agreeing to set up a gender institute to combat sex discrimination.
In Paris, French President Jacques Chirac announced that the government would present a draft law on workplace equality within days.
In Dublin, hundreds of women in science and technology demanded that the government appoint more women to state policy-making bodies.
Some 3,000 supporters of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, including mothers dressed in white who claimed police killed their sons, marked the day at a rally in the capital, Port-Au-Prince, to protest alleged police killings.

Reuters has some great pics as well.

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