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Shouting slogans
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/03/srilanka630.gifA Sri Lankan woman shouts slogans during a protest to mark International Women's Day in Colombo. Protesters were demanding government action over domestic violence and rape in the country. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters
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Displaying handiwork
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/03/syria630.jpgA Syrian refugee displays handiwork made in preparation for an exhibition to accompany International Women's Day in Amman, Jordan. Photograph: Muhammad Hamed/Reuters
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Disfigured in war
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/03/saja630.jpgIraqi woman Saja, who was disfigured during the war in her homeland, attends an event organised by Medecins Sans Frontieres, ahead of International Women's Day, at a hospital in Amman in Jordan. Dozens of women and children injured during the conflicts in Iraq, Yemen and Syria attend daily treatment sessions while undergoing surgery at a hospital there. Photograph: Ali Jarekji/Reuters
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Land dispute
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/03/phnom630.jpgBoeung Kak Lake residents wearing symbolic prison uniforms are blocked from marching down a street on International Women's Day in Phnom Penh. The residents have been embroiled in a long-running land dispute with a real estate development firm in the Cambodian capital. Photograph: Samrang Pring/Reuters
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Malian first lady
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/03/mintou630.jpgFrench president Francois Hollande greets the Malian president's wife Mintou Traorea after his speech during a conference on the eve of International Women's Day at the Cite des Sciences et Industries at La Villette in Paris. Photograph: Miguel Medina/Reuters
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Demanding US pullout
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/03/manila630.jpgMembers of the Gabriela women's group clash with riot police during a protest on International Women's Day outside the US embassy in Manila. They were calling for the immediate pullout of US troops stationed in the country. Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters
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Abandoned widows
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/03/incense630.jpgWidows abandoned by their families attend a class on making incense sticks at the Meera Sahavagini ashram run by an NGO in the pilgrimage town of Vrindavan in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, days ahead of International Women’s Day. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
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In the ashram
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/03/greendoors630.jpgA widow in her room at the Meera Sahavagini Ashram. Photograph: Arben Celi/Reuters
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Traditional healer
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/03/howaa630.jpgHowaa Teya (left), a spiritual and traditional healer from the Nuba tribes in South Kordofan, with patients at her house in Omdurman, Sudan, a day before International Women’s Day. She uses herbs as well as alternative ingredients such as dried animal bones as part of her treatment. Photograph: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters
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Promoting rights
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/03/clowns630.jpgStaff at an amusement park dress up and simulate pregnancy during a promotional campaign for women's rights a day ahead of International Women's Day in Chongqing municipality, China. Photograph: Reuters
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Fundraising necklace
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/03/salma630x.gifActor Salma Hayek Pinault, an ‘Avon Foundation Ambassador’, displays the new 'Avon Empowerment Charm Necklace' a day ahead of International Women’s Day in New York City. All net proceeds from the purchase of each necklace reportedly fund programmes dedicated to ending violence against women. Photograph: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
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Soldiering on
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/03/afghansoldiers630.jpgFemale Afghan Air Force soldiers at the International Airport in Kabul wait to take Afghan women on a tour to mark International Women's Day. Photograph: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters
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Whistleblowers
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/03/tirana630.jpgAlbanian women blow whistles during a demonstration in front of the Central Election Commission on International Women's Day in Tirana. Photograph: Arben Celi/Reuters
