Thousands march during International Women's Day in Ciudad Juárez

Published: March 9, 2024, 11:54 a.m.

Several thousand people gathered to march in Ciudad Juarez for International Women's Day by demanding safety, equality, and justice for women and girls on Friday

Several thousand people gather at the Benito Ju rez Monument in Ciudad Ju rez for a march that commemorates the International Women's Day by demanding safety, equality, and justice for women and girls, March 8, 2024. (Corrie Boudreaux/Special for El Paso Times

A woman holds a sign that protests intimate partner violence during a women's march in Ciudad Ju rez, March 8, 2024. (Corrie Boudreaux/Special for El Paso Times

Protestors pass the black cross on a pink field that represents a protest against feminicide during a women's march in Ciudad Ju rez, March 8, 2024. (Corrie Boudreaux/Special for El Paso Times

Protestors leave purple handprints along with the words \"We want them alive\" in the 16 de Septiembre tunnel during a women's march in Ciudad Ju rez, March 8, 2024. (Corrie Boudreaux/Special for El Paso Times

Protestors raise their left fist as they observe a minute of silence in front of a memorial dedicated to Isabel Cabanillas, an activist murdered in 2020, during a women's march in Ciudad Ju rez, March 8, 2024. (Corrie Boudreaux/Special for El Paso Times

Pedestrians along Avenida Ju rez watch as thousands of protestors emerge from the 16 de Septiembre tunnel during a women's march in Ciudad Ju rez, March 8, 2024. (Corrie Boudreaux/Special for El Paso Times

Protestors hop in the air as they chant while they march along Ramon Corona street during a women's march in Ciudad Ju rez, March 8, 2024. (Corrie Boudreaux/Special for El Paso Times

Protestors enter the 16 de Septiembre tunnel during a women's march in Ciudad Ju rez, March 8, 2024. (Corrie Boudreaux/Special for El Paso Times