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Hundreds of people gather at Paris' Trocadero as French lawmakers are expected to anchor the right to abortion in the country's constitution, a world first that has garnered overwhelming public support. IMAGES
Images of a rally in support of Spanish football player Jenni Hermoso in Barcelona, east of Spain, after the Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales gave her an unsolicited kiss, after Spain beat England in the Women's World Cup final in Sydney on August 20. IMAGES
Dozens of abortion rights supporters rally against a Texas judge's decision to reverse the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval of the abortion pill mifepristone outside the Supreme Court, in Washington, DC. On Friday, the nation's highest court temporarily preserved access to mifepristone, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force. IMAGES
Abir Al-Sahlani, a Swedish member of the European Parliament, cuts her hair during a speech in Strasbourg to show solidarity with protesters in Iran. Protests have rocked Iran since 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died on September 16 after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly failing to observe the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women. "Until Iran is free, our fury will be bigger than the oppressors" says the Swedish politican. SOUNDBITE
Several thousand people demonstrate in Paris in support of Iranian women. The protests follow the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman arrested in Tehran for "wearing inappropriate clothing" by the morality police. She died three days later in the hospital. IMAGES
Demonstrators gather in Paris to support the rights of women in Afghanistan, after the Taliban takeover has fuelled fears of a return to an ultra-rigorous version of Islamic law. IMAGES