Women of the world

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Kanaka Durga, 39 (L) and Bindu Ammini, 40, the first women to enter Sabarimala temple which traditionally bans the entry of women of menstrual age, pose for a photo after an interview with Reuters at an undisclosed location on the outskirts of Kochi, India, January 10, 2019.

Miss Spain Angela Ponce, the first transgender woman to take part in the Miss Universe contest and with Miss Universe 2018 contestants visit the Government House, after their meeting with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (not pictured) to promote the event, at the Government House, in Bangkok, Thailand December 11, 2018. Narong Sangnak/Pool via REUTERS

Flowers are left at the foot of a new mural of Savita Halappanavar put up on the day of the abortion referendum on liberalising abortion laws in Dublin, Ireland May 25, 2018.

A woman wears a costume during J'Ouvert, an overnight-into-dawn celebration ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., September 3, 2018.

Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in before testifying the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building at the Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., September 27, 2018. Win McNamee/Pool via REUTERS

Victims and others look on as Rachael Denhollander speaks at the sentencing hearing for Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges, in Lansing, Michigan, U.S., January 24, 2018.

Women in yukatas, or casual summer kimonos, pose to take their photos between paper lanterns during the annual Mitama Festival at the Yasukuni Shrine, where more than 2.4 million war dead are enshrined, in Tokyo, Japan July 13, 2018.

Thomas Musolino wears a mask of U.S. President Donald Trump while holding his daughter Gianna Musolino, 10, during a Trump campaign rally at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 2, 2018.

Shinta Ratri, owner of Islamic boarding school for transgender women, sits in prayer in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, September 23, 2018.

Democratic women House members stand during a briefing with the media recognizing suffragettes before the State of Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2019.

Women walk with their belongings near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria February 26, 2019.

A Cholita (Andean woman) fighter makes a key to their opponent during a wrestling session at the Havana Hotel Cholet in El Alto, outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, June 29, 2018.

Model Taelor Thein poses backstage ahead of the presentation of the Tadashi Shoji collection during New York Fashion Week in New York City, U.S., February 7, 2019.

A woman attends a rally against gender-based and sexual violence against women in Marseille, France, November 24, 2018.

Women's rights activists gather to march through Taksim Square to protest against gender violence in Istanbul, Turkey, November 25, 2018.

Afghan women wait to cast their votes during a parliamentary election at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 20, 2018.

Frances, a migrant woman from Honduras taking refuge in a shelter with a caravan from Central America trying to reach the United States, places body lotion on her one-year-old daughter Sujey in Tijuana, Mexico November 20, 2018.

A transgender woman waits backstage to perform during an event to raise funds for their community in Mumbai, India, September 20, 2018.

A woman sits as she waits to cast her vote at a polling station in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 30, 2018.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern holds her baby Neve after speaking at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit during the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York City, New York, U.S., September 24, 2018.