14 fotosFEMINISM IN SPAINIn pictures: Strikes and protests in Spain for International Women’s DayIn the wake of last year’s success on March 8, demonstrators have once again taken to the streets across the country in support of the feminist causeEl PaísMar 09, 2019 - 08:08CETWhatsappFacebookTwitterLinkedinCopy linkThousands of demonstrators in Vitoria’s Plaza Nueva, in the Basque Country, on Friday.David Aguilar (EFE)Demonstrators in Bilbao, in Spain’s Basque Country, on Friday.Luis Tejido (EFE)A student protest in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol on Friday.Emilio Naranjo (EFE)Thousands of women came out to protest in San Sebastián on Friday. The sign in the picture reads: “They took so much away from us that they took away our fear.”Javier Etxezarreta (EFE)A group of protestors in Spain on Friday.Kai Försterling (EFE)Demonstrators in Bilbao on Friday.Luis Tejido (EFE)The Catalan regional Mossos d’Esquadra police try to break up a group of women who blocked the Gran Via in Barcelona on Friday as part of the protests for International Women’s Day.PAU BARRENA (AFP)Basque regional premier Iñigo Urkullu in an empty parliament, after Friday’s session had to be canceled due to striking female deputies.LINO RICOProtestors bang pots and pans in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol on Thursday evening, ahead of Friday’s marches and demonstrations for International Women’s Day.JuanJo Martín (EFE)An aerial view of the Madrid march in Cibeles square.Jaime VillanuevaThe crowds on Gran Vía. The woman’s sign reads: “Woman, if you don’t fight, no one will listen to you.”ÁLVARO GARCÍAMadrid’s Gran Vía during the march.ULY MARTÍNThe Paseo de la Concha in San Sebastián.JAVIER HERNÁNDEZTens of thousands of protestors on Friday evening in A Coruña, Galicia. ÓSCAR CORRAL