International Women's Day 2018: protests across the world as women press for progress – live

In the year of #MeToo and Time’s Up, 8 March keeps the spotlight on women calling for change. Follow the day’s global action liveTell us what you are doing on International Women’s DayJulia Gillard: We can’t own girls. We owe themTheresa May: Our new domestic violence bill will outlaw economic and physical abuse 1.55am GMT Elena del Estal has documented the lives of trafficked women in India, where hundreds of thousands of women and girls are forced into sexual and domestic slavery:Saeeda holds her youngest daughter as she talks about how she was brought to Haryana 20 years ago with her sister.“I only know that I arrived in Haryana when I was 11,” she says. “I was brought here with my sister but I haven’t seen her since we arrived.” Related: ‘I was bought for 50,000 rupees’: India’s trafficked brides – in pictures 1.43am GMT In the Australian outback town of Tennant Creek, Aboriginal women and girls have marched on IWD to call for an end to alcohol-fuelled violence.Tennant Creek has been in trauma in recent weeks following the alleged sexual assault of a two-year-old girl. Family and community members have accused the Northern Territory government of ignoring their long-running pleas for help combatting high rates of alcohol and drug abuse, and of family and sexual violence.Tennant Creek women and girls have used IWD to call for an end to alcohol fuelled violence in the NT town @abcnewsNT @abcnews pic.twitter.com/yGHvGUGzGKThe majority of our population [in Tennant Creek] is Aboriginal and they are the most vulnerable group of people in the country.It’s tough for people who live out bush and in regional towns. You’ve got to look out for different ways to provide service to look after families than in a centre like Darwin or Sydney … Continue reading…
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