'A day without us': Women stage protest by absence against femicide
Mexican women turned up for their jobs
Employees of Mersen de Mexico Juarez take part in a ceremony for the "Day without women" protest, part of the escalation of historic protests against gender violence, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on March 9, 2020.
The Pink rally
Organizers of Sunday's march in Santiago estimated two million people took part, compared with a police estimate of 150,000. There were sporadic clashes between marchers and police.
Women's shoes used by the protestors
Red women's shoes are seen placed by a protester at the main square Zocalo.
Fierce women
Elsewhere in Latin America, Chile women wearing medical uniforms, industrial overalls and school uniforms joined a march down a central thoroughfare of Santiago, the capital city, to congregate outside President Sebastian Pinera's office.
Women release colored smoke as they take part in a demonstration
Mexico's work stoppages drew indigenous Zapatista women in the south and foreign ministry employees in the capital into a protest that sought to illustrate what life would be like without them.
A woman uses a megaphone during a demonstration
The protests are focused on a surge in femicides, or gender-motivated killings of women.
Empty work space at NDP Technology
Mexico's work stoppages drew indigenous Zapatista women in the south and foreign ministry employees in the capital into a protest that sought to illustrate what life would be like without them.
The National Congress gathering
People gather outside the National Congress during a demonstration in support of women and against gender violence, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Organizers of Sunday's march in Santiago estimated two million people took part, compared with a police estimate of 150,000. There were sporadic clashes between marchers and police.
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