Marchers and actions for International Women's Day were held all around the world last week on March 8. Unfortunately many of these were repressend by government and paramilitary forces.

We talk to Rabiyya Mammadora, a feminist and human rights activist who ran as an independent election candidate in the recent municipal elections in Baku, Azerbaijan's largest city, about their attempts to hold a IWD rally.

Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia