international women’s day 2018 beyond #metoo, with pride, protests and pressure

With the World Economic Forum's 2017 Global Gender Gap Report findings telling us that gender parity is over 200 years away - there has never been a more important time to keep motivated and #PressforProgress. And with global activism for women's equality fuelled by movements like #MeToo, #TimesUp and more - there is a strong global momentum striving for gender parity.

International Women's Day 2018 Campaign Theme:

#PressforProgress

Athens, Greece. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images

Seoul, South Korea. Photograph: YONHAP/EPA

Protesters form triangles with their hands during a demonstration for women's rights in Bilbao, Spain, March 8, 2018, on International Women's Day. REUTERS/Vincent West

A memorial in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, for women who were violently killed. CreditJose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters

Madrid, Spain. Photograph: Juanjo Martin/EPA

Kiev, Ukraine. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Islamabad, Pakistan. Photograph: Faisal Mahmood/Reuters

Manila, Philippines. Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images

Sao Paulo, Brazil, . NACHO DOCE/REUTERS

A woman places names of missing girls at a memorial with a message that reads "Not One More", marking the women who have gone missing or found dead, during a protest to mark International Women's Day at Paso del Norte international border crossing, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

New Delhi, India. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Anna Egorova and her 7-year old daughterAlexandra Sidorova, members of the Krepysh(Sturdy Person) family winter swimmers club, leave the icy waters of the Yenisei River duringan event to mark International Women's Day in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

#MeToo movement on International Women's Day in Seoul, South Korea. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Saint Petersburg, Russia. Photograph: Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images

Kathmandu, Nepal . Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Bozhou, Anhui Province of China (Getty Images)

Singapore. Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Madrid, Spain. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

Mingkaman, South Sudan. Photograph: Stefanie Glinski/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters hold up gloves while taking part in a strike for women's rights in Portugalete, Spain on International Women's Day. REUTERS/Vincent West

Acid attack survivors walk on the runway during a fashion show to mark International Women's Day in Thane on the outskirts of Mumbai, India. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqu

Minsk, Belarus. Women participate in the ‘Beauty Run’ to mark International Women’s Day. Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

London, England. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

Diyarbakir, Turkey. Photograph: Ilyas Akengin/AFP/Getty Images

Milan, Italy. Photograph: Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images

Barcelona, Spain. Photograph: Quique Garcia/EPA

Tbilisi, Georgia. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvil

Bilbao, Spain. REUTERS/Vincent West

Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photograph: Zakir Hossain Chowdhury / Barcroft Images