Women Protest Worldwide Photos 7

Supporters of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, or Indian Workers Group, raise slogans at a protest rally in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. The supporters demanded that the government protect workers rights in the ongoing economic reform process as well as the financial crisis. (Gurinder Osan)

Yemenis protest against President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a rally after the weekly Friday noon prayers in Sanaa on November 25, 2011. Opponents and supporters of Yemen's embattled president held rival rallies in the capital after pre-dawn fighting between rival security forces dashed hopes an exit deal for the president would end the violence. Getty

Women perform prayers at the Taghyeer (Change) Square, where anti-government protesters have been camping for around ten months to call for the ouster and trial of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa November 27, 2011. Reuters

Yemeni women and anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the trial of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on November 26, 2011. Getty

Demonstrators gather during protests against a nuclear waste transport in Dannenberg, northern Germany, Saturday Nov. 26, 2011. The shipment of nuclear waste reprocessed in France is on its way to a controversial storage site in Gorleben that protesters say is unsafe. It is the first such shipment from France to Germany since Berlin decided to shut all its nuclear plants by 2022, following the disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant. The transport is due to arrive at the storage site on Sunday.

A demonstrator dressed as a clown stands between police officers during protests against a shipment of nuclear waste to the storage facility in Gorleben, in Hitzacker, northern Germany Sunday Nov. 27, 2011. (Axel Heimken)

Libyan Amazigh Berbers protest outside the prime minister's office in Tripoli on November 27, 2011 as they step up pressure for the minority group to to be represented in the government. Getty

Environment activists Hanna Schwarz, right, and Heiko Mueller-Ripke, have chained themselves inside a pyramid with concrete inside, they claim, on the tracks near Hitzacker, Sunday Nov. 27, 2011. Police has difficulties for hours, to unchain the protesters without injuring them. The activists protest against a nuclear waste transport from France to a storage in Gorleben. (Axel Heimken)

Members of the Ethiopian community block the entrance to Israel's Ministry of Immigrant Absorption during a protest in Jerusalem November 27, 2011. About 400 Israelis of Ethiopian descent took part in the protest on Sunday calling on the government to grant permission for their relatives living in Ethiopia to immigrate. Reuters

Demonstrators drum on barrels with a nuclear sign, during protests against a nuclear waste transport in Dannenberg, northern Germany, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. The shipment of nuclear waste reprocessed in France is on its way to a controversial storage site in Gorleben that protesters say is unsafe. It is the first such shipment from France to Germany since Berlin decided to shut all its nuclear plants by 2022, following the disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant.

Oxfam (a confederation of 15 organizations working together to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice) activists make a protest aimed at 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban on November 27, 2011. Inspired by the Occupy Wall St. movement, protesters calling for 'climate justice' are set to gather on November 28 at the opening of UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa, organisers say. Getty

In tihis picture taken Saturday Nov. 26, 2011 police carries an environment activist away from the tracks near Harlingen, northern Germany. German police say they cleared a sit-in of about 3,500 protesters attempting to block a shipment of nuclear waste with security forces temporarily detaining 1,300 of them. (Philipp Guelland)

South Korean police say nearly 40 officers were injured during a rally opposing the ratification of the country's free trade deal with the United States.Hundreds of protesters have been staging near-daily demonstrations since the ruling party railroaded the U.S. trade deal last week. The protesters believe the deal favors Washington over South Korean workers. About 2,200 people rallied in Seoul on Saturday evening, November 26, 2011.

Sarah Elbaroudy, age seven, from Long Island, stands during a collaborative protest between the Occupy Wall Street movement and people supporting the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and the current social unrest throughout Egypt, near the Egyptian Embassy to the United States, at the intersection of East 44th Street and Second Avenue, in New York, November 26, 2011. Reuters

A woman dressed as the Grim Reaper attends a protest against shale gas exploration and production in Sofia on November 26, 2011. Bulgaria gave in July a licence to the United States energy major Chevron for the exploration of an area in the north-eastern part of Bulgaria. Getty

A young Romanian woman wearing make up to suggest she is a victim of domestic violence takes part in a protest in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. Dozens of women gathered in protest on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women demanding the introduction of the restraining order in Romanian legislation. Romania is a European Union member state but has no proper legal framework to combat domestic violence against women.

Israelis covered in red color demonstrates as part of the International Anti-fur Coalition protest in Tel Aviv. Friday. Nov. 25, 2011. The demonstration was part of an international protest against fur trade.(Dan Balilty)

An Egyptian girl holds an anti-Israel banner during a protest at al Azhar mosque, the highest Islamic Sunni institution, after Friday prayers in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. The Muslim brotherhood demonstration was to denounce Israeli control over Jerusalem's Al Aqsa Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Islam. Arabic and Hebrew reads " Death for Israel". (Amr Nabil)