59 Stunning Photos Of Women Protesting Around The World

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    An anti government protester flashes a victory sign during the clashes between protesters and riot police on Taksim square in Istanbul on June 22, 2013. Turkish police used water cannon today to disperse thousands of demonstrators who had gathered anew in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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    Policemen detain a topless Femen activist after she jumped in front of the car carrying former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn (not seen) upon his arrival for his trial in Lille, northern France, on February 10, 2015. Three topless women from the protest group Femen jumped on the car of Dominique Strauss-Kahn as the former IMF chief arrived to testify at his trial for “aggravated pimping.” With slogans scrawled on their half-naked bodies and hurling insults at the car, the three protesters were quickly rounded up by police as the car entered an underground parking area.

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    Migrants protest behind a fence against restrictions limiting passage at the Greek-Macedonian border, near Gevgelija, on December 1, 2015.
    Since last week, Macedonia has restricted passage to northern Europe to only Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans who are considered war refugees. All other nationalities are deemed economic migrants and told to turn back. Macedonia on November 29 finished building a fence on its frontier with Greece becoming the latest country in Europe to build a border barrier aimed at checking the flow of migrants.

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    Kashmiri women shout anti-Indian slogans during a protest demonstration against the arrest of a girl by paramilitary soldiers during a raid in Maloora, in the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. Paramilitary soldiers fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of angry protesters demonstrating against the arrest.

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    A woman listens to a rally with her mouth taped shut during the “Justice For All” march December 13, 2014 in Washington, DC. Thousands of people descended on Washington to demand justice Saturday for black men who have died at the hands of white police, the latest in weeks of demonstrations across the United States.

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    Topless Femen activists perform the Nazi salute near flags reading “Heil Le Pen” as they demonstrate on a balcony against France’s far-right Front National (FN) political party during an FN rally in honour of Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc) taking place just below in Paris on May 1, 2015.

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    Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya march in protest against the military coup, in Tegucigalpa on July 2, 2009. Coup leaders in Honduras vowed that ousted President Manuel Zelaya will “never return to power” despite mounting international pressure and an ultimatum by the Organization of American States.

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    A woman sits in front of riot police blocking the road to protect protesters during the anti-government protest on April 24, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) went on a general strike in protest against the South Korean government’s policy, including reformation of the labor market and public pension system. The rally was also joined by other civic groups in Seoul and families of Sewol accident victims.

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    BJP Mahila Morcha protest outside Delhi Chief Minister residence against failure of Delhi Government on October 8, 2013 in New Delhi, India. Assembly elections will be held in the national capital Dec 4 with over 11.5 million voters eligible to cast their ballots in 70 constituencies.

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    Two punk girls, cheering, Reclaim the Streets, demo, UK 2000s.

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    Ethnic Uygur women grab a riot policemen as they protest in Urumqi in China’s far west Xinjiang province on July 7, 2009. Police fired clouds of acrid tear gas to disperse thousands of Han Chinese protesters armed with makeshift weapons, as chaos gripped this flashpoint city riven by ethnic tensions. Thousands of heavily armed police deployed across Urumqi, the capital of China’s remote northwest Xinjiang region, but tensions spiked dramatically following weekend rioting that claimed at least 156 lives.

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    Women bearing provocative words on their bodies take part in a “slut walk” in London on September 22, 2012 to protest against the police and courts’ denial of justice for rape victims.

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    Protesters including Sherry Weston of Denver, Colorado demonstrate outside of Bill Cosby’s comedy show on January 17, 2015 at the Buell Theater in Denver, Colorado. Cosby has been facing allegations by numerous women who claim the comedian drugged and sexually assaulted them.

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    Pakistani protesters from Lyari, an impoverished neighbourhood of the city, shout anti-government slogans to protest against an operation led by security agencies in their areas in Karachi on January 11, 2010. Thousands of people poured into the streets of Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi on January 11 to protest security crackdowns following the deaths of dozens of people in a wave of political violence. Security officials say up to 48 political party workers have been killed in Karachi beginning January 7, when the headless body of a worker from the city’s main political party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), was discovered.

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    A police officer aims a machine gun at a woman as people protest beside a body killed during a shootout involving police and suspected drug traffickers at the Complexo de Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007. The violence comes just before the city’s Carnival celebrations next Feb 18 and Feb 19. Rio is one of the most violent cities in the world with an annual homicide rate of about 50 per 100,000.

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    Women call for the impeachment of Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello during an anti-Collor student demonstration in the suburb of Taquatinga, Brazil 20 km from Brasilia 25 August. A congressional report released 24 August 1992 charged Collor with widespread corruption.

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    Kashmiri Muslim women shout anti Indian and pro Kashmir freedom slogans as they mourn during the funeral of Bilal Ahmad Bhat, 23, a civilian who was allegedly shot dead by Indian paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) on August 12, 2015 in Larkipur, 35 km (21 miles) south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. Hundreds of Kashmiris participated in the funeral of Bhat who was killed by the Indian paramilitary BSF after they allegedly opened fire on the protestors who were protesting against the killing of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (Army of the Righteous), one of the largest and most active militant organization operating in Indian administered Kashmir, militants in an gun battle in Rakh-e-Lajura village of south Kashmir district on 11 August 2015.

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    Women display placards during a demonstration to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Madrid on November 25, 2009.

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    A policeman kicks a woman during a demonstration with a group of the main opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) demonstrators, 30 June 2006, in Kinshasa. A major dialogue involving the political elite of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from the president down was set to open Friday to ensure a smooth run-up to the country’s first democratic elections in 45 years.

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    Afghan demonstrators shout slogans during a rally in front of the Supreme Court in Kabul on March 24, 2015, held to protest the killing of Afghan resident Farkhunda. More than a thousand people protested in the Afghan capital to call for justice after a woman was brutally killed by a mob who falsely accused her of burning a copy of the Koran. The woman, 27 year-old Farkhunda, was beaten with sticks and stones and thrown from a roof before being run over by a car outside a mosque in Kabul on March 19. The mob then set her body ablaze and dumped it in Kabul river, while police allegedly looked on.

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    Female members of associations against violence towards women in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo hold up leaflets to protest against ongoing violence during the opening of the Francophonie summit in Kinshasa on October 13, 2012. France’s President Francois Hollande stressed human rights and the need to end the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as leaders of French-speaking nations met for a summit today.

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    A Femen activist, Sarah Constantin, is hanged from a noose-like rope from a Paris bridge to call attention to the large number of executions in Iran as she stages a protest against visiting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Paris, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. A near-naked woman hanging from a noose-like rope from a Paris bridge has sent a message to visiting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

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    Women pray as they face off against soldiers in an unauthorized protest calling for Laurent Gbagbo to step down, in the Treichville neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Within minutes of the end of prayers, soldiers began firing to disperse the protestors. In a dramatic escalation of the nation’s conflict, Belarus has violated an international arms embargo by sending three attack helicopters to military forces supporting Ivory Coast’s longtime ruler who refuses to cede power, alleged a Sunday statement issued by the office of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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    Women protest at the National Organization for Women Pro-Choice rally June 15, 1991 in New York City. In 1967 NOW became the first national organization to call for the legalization of abortion and for the repeal of all anti-abortion laws and has been fighting for full reproductive rights for all women, including poor women and young women.

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    Naked women, from the “400 People Movement”, protest at the entrance of the Presidential residence of Los Pinos in Mexico City, against the expropriation of their lands by federal deputies,16 May 2005.

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    A Woman Demonstrating On Behalf Of Elian Gonzalez Remaining In The United States Is Hoisted Into The Air April 13, 2000 By Fellow Supporters Of Elian, Outside The Little Havana, Miami Home Where Gonzalez Is Staying.

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    Kashmiri women shout anti Indian slogans during the funeral of Mehraj-u-Din Lone after he was killed by Indian police during a demonstration on August 3, 2010 in Srinagar the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. Four people were killed on Tuesday when government troops fired bullets and tear gas into thousands of anti-India protesters during a demonstration by Kashmiris against the Indian rule in Kashmir.

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    Semi-nude Indian Devadasi women shout anti-government slogans during a protest in Mumbai on August 15, 2010. The protest was to demand Indian Rupees 2000 (about USD 43) per month as a pension for life after their retirement. Devadasi is a Hindu religious practice in which girls are married and dedicated to a deity or temple.

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    Student supporters of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) marching through the streets of Bangkok towards Democracy Monument. The PAD, which opposes Thailand’s elected government under Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, has sought to widen its appeal to younger sections of the population. The movement originally sprang up in opposition to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who was finally ousted by a military coup in September 2006. PAD activists, thousands of whom are occupying government house, argue that the government of Mr. Samak is a front for Thaksin and represents a corrupt political tradition that must be removed. Violent clashes between PAD and pro-government supporters resulting in a death prompted the government to declare a state of emergence in the Thai capital Bangkok.

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    A woman is removed by police from the Martin Place stage after storming the area to speak out against ‘Reclaim Australia’ protesters on April 4, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. ‘Reclaim Australia’ grassroots rallies are being held across Australia to protest the alleged ‘Islamisation’ of Australia.

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