International Women's Strike 2018  The International Women's Strike or International Feminist Strike 8-M was a movement that took place on March 8, 2018, International Women's Day. It was organized by feminist movements in support of women's rights across the world. It was supported by over 170 countries and a large number of related local activities. The movement called for the end of violence against women, gender inequality and different forms of oppression against women. This international action also had the objective to determine the level of exploitation of women in the workplace, social reproduction and reproductive labor. "See also Global Women's Strike and International Women's Strike". The first historical example of a national strike lead by a women's movement took place in Iceland, on October 24, 1975, with paid workers and housewives taking part. On the anniversary of the strike, October 24, 2016, Icelandic women left their workplaces two hours and twenty minutes before the end of the working day, demonstrating the visible representation of the gender pay gap between men and women. On March 8, 2000 the "Campaña Internacional por un Salario para el Trabajo en el Hogar" called the first International Women's Strike, demanding the women's right to justice for their unrecognised contribution to the workforce. The movement was especially active during the years 2000-2001. Another large protest took place on October 3, 2016 in Poland, known as Black Monday, against plans to criminalize abortion, including miscarriage, and the termination of a pregnancy as a result of rape. The most important result was that law was not passed in the Polish parliament. On October 19, 2016, in Argentina, members of the movement Ni Una Menos and other feminist organizations, called for an hour-long strike and various demonstrations, after a week with 7 femicides. A Women's March on Washington was also held on January 21, 2017. In the context of massive demonstrations in different countries, Polish activists began to connect and coordinate actions with similar movements in other countries, initially joined by Israel, Italy, South Korea, Russia, Ireland, Brazil and Mexico forming a group to create the International Women's Strike. The first International Women's Strike was on March 8, 2017 and took place in more than 50 countries around the world. Important protests occurred for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, 2017 in different countries, as well as a massive answer to the call of the Women's March 2018 in the United States. These movements  are considered as precedents for a second global call to an international women's strike by activists.