International Women's Day is celebrating by declaring a one-day strike in 'feminist strike' called for the first time in Spain.

Women's are celebrating International Women's Day by declaring a one-day strike in 'feminist strike' called for the first time in Spain.

In the protest against sex discrimination and gender equality and gender inequality, women have joined the unprecedented unofficial Thursday, BBC said.

Women politicians, including the Mayor of 10 unions, Madrid and the mayor of Barcelona, supported the strike on 24-hour strike organized by the Umbrella organization called 'EigheMarch Commision'.

In addition to Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia, women in 200 different places of the city have been rallying in streets with slogans.

To stop sexual violence, exploitation and violence-free society has been demanded. It is said, "We do not believe in the poor working environment. I do not agree that for the same work, women's get less wages than men. "

Last year's International Women's Day was a minor strike in Spain, but this time the combined women's agitation was celebrated firstly.

A survey showed that 82 percent of Spanish citizens supported the protests against discrimination against women in the home and workplace. And 76 percent of the people think that women faces more difficulties than men in Spain.

According to a report in The Guardian, 49 women were killed in Spain last year by their partner or former partner. The number was 44 in 2016.

Official statistics show that the rate of violence against women in Spain is increasing. In 2015, 129,193 women were victims of violence. In the year 2016, the number was 142,893. Last year's full yearly statistics were not available. But till September last year there were records of 125769 incidents of violence.

In addition, a report from the European Commission last year said that a new study by Spain found that women in the country received 12.7 percent less pay than men.

Thursday's women strike is to raise awareness about women's contribution in household work.

Women are asked to leave the workforce in the hands of men and to recognize how much work they have to do in the home, and women are demanding recognition of these works.

In many countries around the world, similar protests are celebrated on Women's Day.