From street plays to highlight domestic violence to hundreds of male and female protesters wearing black masks and brandishing #MeToo placards, people around the world have taken to the streets to make their voices heard on International Women's Day. 

Marches and demonstrations in Asia kicked off rallies around the world with other events are planned across Asia, the Mideast, Europe and the Americas.

Hundreds of women activists in pink and purple shirts were protesting in the Philippines against President Rodrigo Duterte, who they said is among the worst violators of women's rights in Asia.

Protest leaders sang and danced in a boisterous rally in downtown Manila's Plaza Miranda. They handed red and white roses to mothers, sisters and widows of several drug suspects slain under Duterte's deadly crackdown on illegal drugs.

Protesters, many wearing black and holding black signs reading #MeToo, gathered in central Seoul, South Korea to call for tougher action to bring alleged sexual offenders to justice, as well as action on other issues such as closing a gender pay gap.

Since a female prosecutor's revelation in January of workplace mistreatment and sexual misconduct, South Korea's #MeToo movement has gained major traction with the list of women speaking out growing daily.

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