For centuries, women have been fighting for their rights, trying to prove to the whole world that they also have the right to vote, with which to reckon.
Women have always had a lot of reasons to organize protests: the struggle for the right to vote, against violence, for equality. In honor of their endless courage, strength of will and courage, we collected 25 photos of protesting women from around the world. Look at them - they are ready to defend their own beliefs and interests, and even, maybe, inspire you to go out into the street.
1. A woman beats a neo-nazist with her handbag.
At one time, this photo made a lot of noise in the newspapers. The woman in the photo - Danuta Danielson - could not forget that her mother had been in the Nazi camp for a long time, so the guy caused her so many negative emotions.
2. The first woman to participate in the marathon.
In the photo, Catherine Schweitzer participates in the Boston Marathon in 1967. A man trying to grab it and stop it - the organizer Jock Semple. At that time, women were forbidden to officially participate and register in marathons.
3. Photo demonstration in Chile in 2016.
The usual student demonstration turned into a confrontation with the use of tear gas and water cannons.
4. The girl tearfully pleads with the guards of order not to use force against the protesters. Photos from the protests in Bulgaria in 2013.
5. An elderly Korean woman blocks the way of OMON during an anti-government rally in Korea in 2015.
6. Young pacifist Jane Rose Kasmir attached the flower to the bayonets of soldiers. Action takes place at the Pentagon during the protest against the war in Vietnam in 1967.
7. Zakia Belhiri is making Selfie on the background of an anti-Muslim rally in Belgium in 2016, expressing her disagreement with the protesters.
8. A little girl on rollers shows all her appearance that she is absolutely not afraid of soldiers.
9. Mass protest of women against the prohibition of breastfeeding in public places.
Photo taken in the Warsaw metro in 2011. The protest broke out amid a ban on officials to breastfeed in public places.
10. Emelin Panhurst was a politician and zealous fighter for women's rights in the UK.
In the photo, she is arrested at a demonstration outside Buckingham Palace in 1914.
11. The girl dances before the Turkish police during a rally against eviction in 2014.
12. An unsuccessful attempt by a woman to vote in 1910.
It is noteworthy that until 1928, women did not have full voting rights during the elections.
13. French women burn electoral posters during a rally in support of women's voting rights.
14. The bloodied girl points to a policeman in North Carolina during racial riots in 2016.
15. A woman kneeling with a pen in her hand is trying to stop law enforcement officers in 2013 in New Brunswick.
16. During an anti-government rally in Macedonia in 2015, Yasmina Golubovskaya in the crowd colored her lips with red lipstick, and kissed the policeman's shield for everyone. This photo has become viral.
17. Mass protests against pension reform took place in Brazil in 2017. Among the protesters gathered a huge number of older women.
18. National demonstration in Chile in 2016 for justice in relation to punishment for gender crimes.
The beginning was made after the acquittal of the father for the murder of a 9-year-old girl, who was first strangled, then burned and buried.