PARIS: Countries around the world mobilised Thursday for International Women's Day with Spaniards on an unprecedented strike, France threatening to "name and shame" firms that pay women less and Iraqi women running a shortened 'marathon'. Hundreds of trains were cancelled in Spain over the work stoppage and countless protests in defence of women's rights. "It's by women, for women, and we think that has been missing up to now," co-founder Anna Jones told AFP. "On average around the world, women remain much less likely to participate in the labour market than men," the International Labour Organization (ILO) said. Meanwhile, Iran's top legal authority reportedly wants to prosecute the organisers of a party in Tehran City Hall to mark Iranian Women's Day on Tuesday.

Source: New Strait Times March 08, 2018 17:26 UTC