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  1. PAKISTAN: IWD celebrated in Lahore

    council, explained that IWD is a day to remember the heroic struggle of women to demand the right to vote ...

  2. INDONESIA: Police attack IWD march

    BY NGLINTING DARMONO YOGYAKARTA — Two hundred protesters from across central Java gathered in Yogyakarta on March 8 to mark International Women's Day. The protesters marched from Gadjah Mada University to the regional parliament. Their demands includ ...

  3. Other IWD events

    Afghan, Iraqi events SYDNEY — Around 60 people gathered in Parramatta Town Hall on March 8 for a "Women's rights are human rights" dinner organised by the worker-communist parties of Iraq and Iran. The next night, around 200 members of the ...

  4. 'Stop the war on women!'

    BY LAUREN CARROLL HARRIS "This year's International Women's Day [IWD] takes place ... is particularly bad for women." In this way, Lisa Macdonald, addressing the IWD rally in Sydney ... a speak-out was held in Darwin. Rockhampton's March 9 IWD march was attended by 60 protesters, bigger and ...