And women around the world are gathering to mark International Women’s Day. In the Philippines, hundreds of women rallied in Manila against a recent anti-terrorism law. Riot police blocked them from marching on the presidential palace. In Bangladesh, women’s groups took part in rallies in Dhaka. In the Occupied Territories, hundreds of Palestinian women were joined by Palestinian men for a march on an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank city of Nablus. The women-led march called for the release of prisoners from Israeli jails and the lifting of the international boycott on the Palestinian government. And in Spain, 500 women have gathered for a summit of African and Spanish female leaders in Madrid. Attendees include Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and the Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai.