Young women flash victory sign after Punjab Government allowed free-of-cost travel for women, at PRTC Bus Stand in Patiala.
On the occasion of Women Farmer's Day the women take the stage and protested against the new farm laws at Tikri Border, in New Delhi.
Candidates take part in a run at a recruitment rally for Women Military Police, at AMC Centre, in Lucknow.
Women farmers during a protest against the new farm laws on the occasion of Women Farmers' Day at Singhu Border, in New Delhi.
Women farmers during a protest against the new farm laws on the occasion of Women Farmers' Day at Singhu Border, in New Delhi.
Women farmers during a protest against the new farm laws on the occasion of Women Farmers' Day at Singhu Border, in New Delhi.
Women farmers during a protest against the new farm laws on the occasion of Women Farmers' Day at Singhu Border, in New Delhi.
Women farmers during a protest against new farm laws on the occasion of Women Farmers' Day at Singhu Border, in New Delhi.
Women farmers during a protest against new farm laws on the occasion of Women Farmers' Day at Singhu Border, in New Delhi.
Women shout slogans during farmers' protest against new farm laws, at the Singhu Border in New Delhi.
Women farmers during a protest against the new farm law on the occasion of Women Farmers' Day in Kolkata.
Capt Zoya Aggarwal, of the inaugural flight of Air India from San Francisco to Bengaluru, pose for a photo after the landing of the maiden flight at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.
The all Woman Crew members Capt Papagari Thanmai (L), Capt Zoya Aggarwal, Capt Akansha Sonware, and Captaincies Shivani Manhas of the inaugural flight of Air India from San Francisco to Bengaluru pose for a photo after the landing of the maiden flight at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.
Capt Zoya Aggarwal, of the inaugural flight of Air India from San Francisco to Bengaluru, waves at the photographers after the landing of the maiden flight at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.
Capt Papagari Thanmai(L) and Captain Shivani Manhas(R), of the inaugural flight of Air India from San Francisco to Bengaluru, after the landing of the maiden flight at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.
Women take selfies during the launch of pink city buses for women and senior citizens under the Bhraman Sarathi scheme, at Khanapara in Guwahati.
Participants during 'Tigress On The Trail', a women bikers' rally organised by Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board to promote tourism in the state, in Bhopal.
Women perform rituals for long lives of their brothers on the occasion of 'Bhai Dooj' festival, in Patna.
Girls perform during virtual inauguration of women help desks in all police stations of the state by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in Mirzapur.
Women take part in a workshop to learn sanitisation and fumigation under Atmnirbhar Painting Contractor initiative, New Delhi.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy holds a during the inauguration of YSR Sampoorna Poshana Plus and YSR Sampoorna Poshana schemes for pregnant and lactating mothers, at the Camp Office, Tadepalli in Guntur district.
Women get a photograph clicked alongside an auto rickshaw, one among 200 distributed by State Minister Eknath Shinde to boost self-employment, in Thane district.
Indian army's women soldiers patrol at Sadhna Pass in Kupwara district. For the first time, women soldiers have been deployed along the LOC in order to keep a check on weapons and drug smuggling in the area.
Police detain members of All India Democratic Women's Association who were staging a protest against atrocities on women, without following social distancing norms, in Agartala, Tripura.
Radio Jockey Kerabai Sargar (60) from Mhaswad, at Women Transforming India Awards 2019, being organised by NITI Aayog, in New Delhi.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh presents an award to Sneha Sundaram during ‘Women Transforming India Awards 2019’, being organised by NITI Aayog, in New Delhi. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant (R), former assistant secretary general UN Lakshmi Puri (2L), UN Resident Coordinator in India Yasmin Al Haque (2R) and others are also seen.
Women walk from the National Congress to Plaza de Mayo each one carrying a flower and a sign with names of women killed in 2020, during the International Women's Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani releases a research report on ‘The Status of Women in Media in South Asia’ during an event ‘Women in Emerging India’ on the eve of International Women's Day 2020, at National Media Centre in New Delhi. Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau, K.S. Dhatwalia (L) and Professor and Ambassador, Founding Trustee & Convener, South Asia Women's Network(SWAN) Veena Sikri (R) are also presented.
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani speaks during an event ‘Women in Emerging India’ on the eve of International Women's Day 2020, at National Media Centre in New Delhi.
Social Activist Medha Patkar (C), AIMSS President Chhaya Mukherjee (L), AIMSS Secretary Keya Dey (R) during All India Womens Conference, in Kolkata.
Muslim women read the holy Quran during their 24hr-long protest dharna against NRC and CAA, in Kolkata
Women participate in a torch rally for Jal Jivan Hariyali campaign against climate crisis, in Patna.
In this undated photo, women drivers employed by Sakha Consulting Wings Private Limited, a sister organisation of Delhi-based Azad foundation. Driven by financial need and sometimes to just look for fresh career opportunities, the women are cutting through gender barriers to ensure they steer the course of their lives, and also stay the course.
Women take part in 'Pinkathon Guwahati 2019' run organised to encourage women’s health and fitness in Guwahati.
Devotees arrive at the Lord Ayyappa temple that opened today for the two-month long Mandala-Makaravillakku pilgrimage season, in Sabarimala. At least ten young women from Andhra Pradesh, who arrived at Pamba on Saturday to offer prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple here, were sent back, police said.
Jerhonda Pace, from left, Asante S McGee, Lizzette Martinez, Lisa Van Allen, Kitti Jones, Faith Rodgers Lili Bernard and Mira Sorvino participate in "Tribute to R.Kelly Survivors" panel at the 2019 Power Women Summit at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, California.
A married woman looks her husband photograph in her mobile as she performs rituals during 'Karwa Chauth' festival, in Ahmadabad. During this festival celebrated in northern India, married women fast throughout the day and offer prayers to the moon for the welfare, prosperity, and longevity of their husbands.
Iranian women wear their country's flag on their shoulders at the Azadi Stadium for the 2022 World Cup qualifier soccer match between Iran and Cambodia, in Tehran, Iran.
A cloud of smoke engulfs police after they put out a fire started by protesters during a women's rights protest in Mexico City. Mexican women on Saturday marched for abortion rights, highlighting increased efforts across Latin America to lift some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws.
From the left, former cunselor to the President of the United States Dina Powell McCormick, NoWAD Operations Director Fiona Nambaziira Luswata, of Uganda, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Marie Royce, Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, and Assistant Secretary for Women and Gender Equality Maria Cristina Guell Escobar, of Chile, listen to speakers during the Women's Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative Roundtable in New York.
Women activists shout slogans during their Vidhan Sabha march protest over atrocity on women and other issue, in Patna.
Ivanka Trump, left, daughter of President Donald Trump, poses for a selfie with Neelam Chhiber, center, co-founder of the Industree Foundation, and U.S. Agency for International Development administrator Mark Green after participating in a roundtable discussion to announce the first batch of grants that are part of a White House initiative to help women in developing countries advance economically, in Washington. The Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative launched in February with an initial investment of $50 million from USAID.
Thousands of women protest during a nationwide women's strike in Lausanne, Switzerland. Women across Switzerland walked off the job, burned bras and blocked traffic Friday in a day of demonstrations to demand fairer pay, more equality and an end to sexual harassment and violence against women.
Flight Lieutenant Parul Bhardwaj (Captain), Flying Officer Aman Nidhi (Co-pilot) in the centre, Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal (Flight Engineer), extreme left, and Squadron Leader Richa Adhikari (Engineering Officer) extreme right who became country’s first ‘All Women Crew’ to fly a Mi-17 V5 helicopter in the IAF. The ‘All women crew’ flew a Mi-17 V5 helicopter for a Battle Inoculation Training mission taking off and landing from restricted areas at a forward air base in South Western Air Command.
Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu, sharpshooters Prakashi Tomar and Chandro Tomar during an interactive programme 'We the Women' for women empowerment, organised at National Law Institute and University (NLIU) in Bhopal.
Women activists of different organisations raise slogans during the 'Women March For Change' event, in Amritsar.
Workers of Kudumbashree, a poverty eradication and women empowerment programme of Kerala, during the launch of an initiative at Koyilandi in Kozhikode.
Ivanka Trump speaks during a roundtable on the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, in Washington.
A Cambodian woman stirs palm sugar in a pot during a palm harvesting season at Chheu Buorn village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Some villagers of Chheu Buorn earn up to $15 a day by collecting palm juice as part of their daily income.
Nepal enacted a law in 2017 criminalising the custom of banishing menstruating women to a chhaupadi hut
Miracle woman-athelete Man Kaur (102) during the concluding function of Mahila Sashaktikaran Daud, in New Delhi.
Lord Ayyappa devotees during a protest called by various Hindu organisations against the lifting of ban by Supreme Court that allowed entry of women of menstruating age to the Sabarimala temple, in Ahmedabad
Lord Ayyappa devotees during a protest called by various Hindu organisations against the lifting of ban by Supreme Court that allowed entry of women of menstruating age to the Sabarimala temple, in Ahmedabad
Women achievers pose for a group photograph during the 3rd WomeNation Summit 2018, in Mumbai.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj exchanges greetings with four Indian mothers before they started a journey to the United Kingdom covering 22 countries and 20,000 km over 60 days, during a function at JNB, in New Delhi.
Ammal Farahat, who has signed up to be a driver for Careem, a regional ride-hailing service that is a competitor to Uber, drives her car in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After lifting a longstanding ban on women driving, it's the latest job opening for Saudi women, that had been reserved for men only, and one that sharply challenges traditional norms.
Hessah al-Ajaji drivers her car down the capital's busy Tahlia Street after midnight for the first time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi women are in the driver's seat for the first time in their country and steering their way through busy city streets just minutes after the world's last remaining ban on women driving was lifted on Sunday.
Women promote environmental awareness while performing yoga on the occasion of World Environment Day, at a yoga 'shivir' (camp) in Moradabad.
Srishti Bakshi, who has just finished her 3800 km walk (on foot journey) from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, during a night walk in Mumbai to spread awareness on women's safety in Mumbai.
A topless woman with the Spanish message written on her back: "Fire to the patriarchy, morals and the state" confronts a police water cannon during a feminist march in Santiago, Chile. Students marched to protest sexual abuse, sexism and to demand equal opportunities for woman in education.
Eighty two film industry professionals stand on the steps of the Palais des Festivals to represent, what they describe as pervasive gender inequality in the film industry, at the 71st international film festival, Cannes, southern France. Since the Cannes Festival was created, 82 films directed by women have been included in official competition, whilst 1,645 films directed by men were selected.
Activists of various organisations shout slogans during a protest against incidents of rape and atrocities on women in New Delhi.
A view of a rally taken out by Muslim women to protest against the proposed Triple Talaq bill in Mumbai
Devotees pray to the Sun God standing in the waters of River Ganga during Chaiti Chhath Puja festival in Patna.
First lady Melania Trump congratulates Aliyah Khalaf Saleh of Iraq, as she smiles after moving next to the first lady for a group photo with the recipients of the 2018 International Women of Courage awards, at the State Department in Washington. From left are Trump, Aliyah Khalaf Saleh, of Iraq, Aiman Umarova, of Kazakhstan, Sister Maria Elena Berini, of Italy, Dr. Feride Rushiti, of Kosovo, and Sirikan Charoensiri, of Thailand.
Women wearing 'Nauvari Sarees' display swords during a procession on the occasion of Gudi Padwa (Marathi Hindu new year) celebrations in Mumbai
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, second right, Myanmar first lady Su Su Lwin, second left, Khan Thet Htay, right, wife of Myanmar Vice President Myint Swe, and Shwe Lwan, wife of Myanmar Vice President Henry Van Hti Yu, speak during a photo session following a ceremony to mark International Women's Day at the Myanmar International Convention Centre in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.
Women workers check the maintenance of a train ahead of International Women's Day celebrated on 8 March, in Guwahati.
A group of brick factory workers carry bricks on their heads ahead of International Women's Day, which is celebrated on March 8, in Karad.
The Indian all-female crew of the INSV Tarini, pose for a photo with Lewis Pugh, fourth left, UN Patron of the Oceans, at the Royal Yacht Club in Cape Town, South Africa. The crew are in Cape Town as it nears the end of a circumnavigation of the globe before returning to the Indian port of Goa.
Women apply 'gulal' on each other during Basant Utsav on the occasion of 'Dol Jatra Festival' in Kolkata.
Women with their face smeared with 'Gulal' pose for a photograph during Holi celebration in Ahmedabad.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau displays Indian jersey as he poses for a photo with Indian women's ice hockey team in New Delhi.
Indian women’s hockey team members selected to represent the country at forthcoming South Korea tour to be held between March 3-12, in New Delhi.
Flying Officer Avani Chaturvedi became the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo when on 19 February she flew a MiG-21 bison
Women wave Iranian flag upon the arrival of President Hassan Rouhani at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad.
Women waiting in queues to apply for buying scooters under "Amma Scheme" which offers 50% subsidy for the working women, at Corporation Office in Coimbatore.
