International Women's Day Around The World: See Photos Of Protests In Russia, Ireland And More

If you've logged onto any social media site Wednesday, you know it's International Women's Day. A global holiday that both celebrates women's contributions to society and demands an improved world with gender equality, this year's International Women's Day was centered around the theme #BeBoldForChange.

Protesters everywhere were already being bold Wednesday by participating in demonstrations. Here's a look at what's happening where.

In Ireland, women were marching through Dublin as part of the Strike4Repeal initiative, according to the Irish Times. They wanted to see the Constitution's Eighth Amendment, which essentially forbids women from having abortions by giving rights to unborn children, nixed.

“Access to abortion care, for anyone in this country with a uterus, is paramount for our healthcare,” activist Sharon Nolan told the Times. “The impact that it has, the lack of consent that you have for any medical procedure you have when you’re pregnant is atrocious. It’s harming people’s lives and I will do anything to fight against it.”

In Poland, women were also protesting anti-abortion laws. They turned out in force in Warsaw with signs that read "Abortion in defense of life," "My womb, my business" and "Poland is a woman," the Polska Times reported. Demonstrators also demanded better sex education in schools that was "free from superstition" and based on science.

In Russia, eight women were arrested at a protest in Moscow, Agence France Presse reported. The last woman leader in Russia was Catherine the Great in 1796, so demonstrators unfurled a banner Wednesday that read "Men have been in power 200 years, down with them!"

In Spain, demonstrators called for more politicians to come out aganist against domestic violence. More than 40 women were killed by their current or ex-partners in the country last year, the Associated Press reported. The event came after a nearly monthlong hunger strike by about a dozen activists, according to El Mundo.

"We are not asking for anything unrealistic, just recognition of all forms of violence against women under the Istanbul Convention ratified by Spain in 2014, such as rape, female genital mutilation, forced marriage or harassment," leader Gloria Vazquez told reporters.

In the Philippines, about 200 female protesters organized in Manila against Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte and U.S. President Donald Trump for enacting policies they see as oppressive to women, according to IANS.

"The peasant women joined today’s strike to call on the Duterte administration to turn down neoliberal policies detrimental to the country and fulfill its promises to the Filipino people to provide land to the tillers, food on the table and respect for human rights," activist Edna Velarde told the Guardian.