It's International Women's Day and Irish women are getting involved in the movement.

A strike is taking place later to raise awareness of the lack of abortion provision in Ireland.

The Strike 4 Repeal movement are staging the ‘strike’ at noon, urging women to wear black to work and organise lunchtime walkouts.

Elsewhere, the Coalition to Repeal the Eight is staging a major protest march through Dublin City this evening.

Spokesperson is Ailbhe Smyth:

And the Irish people abroad who can't make today's events are sending postcards to Enda Kenny outlining why they think the Government should repeal the 8th Amendment.

#Post4Repeal 💪 I didn't want to have to send one of my pretty NYC postcards to Enda Kenny … https://t.co/84KH36wJzc pic.twitter.com/VfacE5qdrr

— Claire Petersen (@clairepetersen_) March 7, 2017

Elsewhere, the 7th World Congress on Women's Mental Health is being held in Dublin and the Irish Cancer Society is highlighting the women fighting the disease.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions is calling for a series of new and concrete measures to tackle what it says is the ongoing gender pay gap.