Banging pots and pans at Puerta del Sol Square in Madrid, Spain, Spanish women walked out on street and started their first “feminist strike” on Thursday, International Women’s Day. /VCG Photo

The strike aims to highlight sexual discrimination, domestic violence and salary gap between genders in the country. /VCG Photo  

All women in the country abandon their job and stayed at home on the International Women’s Day to protest against the “macho culture”. /VCG Photo  

The strike has received endorsement from Madrid and Barcelona mayors Manuela Carmena and Ada Colau, and from two of Spain’s largest unions, the Workers’ Commissions (CCOO) and the General Union of Workers (UGT), according to local media. /VCG Photo