Women took to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa, South America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day with demands for ending inequality and gender-based violence. On the Asian side of Istanbul,

The gathering in Boston was organized by the group Women’s March, which staged massive demonstrations across the US the day after Trump took office for his first term in 2017.

Wearing a knitted pink hat, Connie Simas raised a sign with the simple message “We won’t go back” in bold black letters as she rallied in Port Jefferson Station for International Women’s Day Saturday afternoon.