Thousands of people took to the streets in Boston for the Women's March on International Women's Day. "Today is the mission to bring women together to show them that we are the ones that are going to stand up,

Today is International Women’s Day, a day to honor the courageous women who have fought for equal opportunity and gender equality worldwide.

It is an official holiday in more than 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Ukraine, Russia and Cuba, the only one in the Americas.