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Paris, France—People around the world marked International Women’s Day Friday with protests and celebrations.
IRELAND: Voters took part in a double referendum on proposals to modernize its constitution, which could expand the definition of family from those founded on marriage to “durable relationships.” SPAIN: Tens of thousands of women marched in Barcelona, Madrid and other cities, many dressed in purple, the color associated with women’s rights.
JAPAN: Six couples marked International Women’s Day by filing a case suing the government for the right to use different surnames after marriage. FRANCE: President Emmanuel Macron presided over a ceremony enshrining the right to abortion into the French constitution, the first country to make such a move.Thousands of people, mainly women, marched through Paris and in several cities across France. In Paris there were scuffles between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli activists.
The women from all walks of life gathered in Bukavu, capital of the South Kivu province in the east, which has been ravaged by decades of armed violence. Organized by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies , the women marched in the scorching Johannesburg sun under the banner “Me Too unless you are a Jew.”