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Riot police hold the line as they are attacked with gasoline bomb at the door of the National Palace during an International Women's Day march in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Protests against gender violence in Mexico have intensified in recent years amid an increase in killings of women and girls.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Riot police hold the line as they are attacked with gasoline bomb at the door of the National Palace during an International Women's Day march in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Protests against gender violence in Mexico have intensified in recent years amid an increase in killings of women and girls.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

March 9, 2020

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Mexico: Thousands stay in to protest violence against women
March 9, 2020 9:12 p.m.

Mexico: Thousands stay in to protest violence against women

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Untold thousands of women across Mexico stayed home from work and school Monday as part of a strike billed as “A Day Without Women,” a day after an unprecedented number of them filled the streets to protest rampant and rising gender violence on International Women's Day.