At Work And Play On International Women's Day
RFE/RL correspondents across the region shared photos taken on International Women's Day, observed on March 8. They show the diversity of women in their communities as they carry out jobs ranging from military service to copying the Koran or herding cattle -- or as they simply relax and play football.
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An Armenian police woman
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Erkegul Bolat, a street cleaner in the Kazakh capital, Astana
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Afghan calligraphers write the text of the Koran in Kabul.
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Moldovan women at work at a Chisinau bakery
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Street cleaners in Kazan, the capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan
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A Belarusian honor guard at the Victory Monument in Minsk
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A textile seller in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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A street protest in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro
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Aizhan Mukasheva works as a hairdresser in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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An Afghan woman sells used clothing in Kabul.
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Ukrainian policewomen finish their night shifts early on March 8.
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Women in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau
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A woman feeds pigeons in Kazan, the capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan.
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Lazzat Koldabayeva is a bus conductor in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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At work in a bakery in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi
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A woman sells flowers in Chisinau.
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A young employee of McDonald's in Kazan
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An Uzbek woman cleans the street.
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A florist sells roses in Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan.
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Another flower seller in Belgrade, Serbia
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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A women's football tournament in Minsk, Belarus
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Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
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A market vendor in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan
