Today, woman around the world are celebrating International Women's Day. U.N. agencies are calling for greater efforts to ensure gender equality and end hunger and poverty.
In Pictures: International Women's Day
![Participants dance during an International Women's Day rally in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, March 8, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2e8e4500-1bb9-4a89-98cc-54a33ceb9cf3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Participants dance during an International Women's Day rally in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, March 8, 2017.
![Women wear purple ribbons on their faces during the "Todas en Silencio" demonstration to mark the U.N.-designated International Women's Day, in front of La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, March 8, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/695b8791-3f6a-4fdc-b31d-d283fbb147f1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women wear purple ribbons on their faces during the "Todas en Silencio" demonstration to mark the U.N.-designated International Women's Day, in front of La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, March 8, 2017.
![Magda Malek is the first Egyptian female pilot to fly EgyptAir's biggest jet airliner, the Boeing 777-333, March 8, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/08bdc8e7-e494-432a-8b68-3c83067dd563_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Magda Malek is the first Egyptian female pilot to fly EgyptAir's biggest jet airliner, the Boeing 777-333, March 8, 2017.
![Indian ragpicker women rest after searching for recyclable material at a garbage dumping site on International Women's Day in Gauhati, March 8, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1edf8162-2cce-4f3e-aadd-d2c86e9062ac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Indian ragpicker women rest after searching for recyclable material at a garbage dumping site on International Women's Day in Gauhati, March 8, 2017.