This International Women's Day is a good time to remember that women are still struggling for parity in the workforce.
If you count both paid and unpaid work (like childcare and household chores), women work longer hours than men and usually for much lower pay, according to the World Economic Forum. The UN reports that women in full-time jobs still earn just 70 to 90% of what their male peers make.
Even when they do secure employment, women often face the hurdle of workplace sexism.
Reuters photographers captured portraits of women on the job, then interviewed them about gender discrimination they've faced at while on the clock. In some cases, the women's responses show how far we've come — a handful said they've experienced no work-related sexism at all. In other cases, their responses prove there's all too much room for improvement.
Here's what 34 women from across the globe had to say about gender discrimination at work.
"People don't know women Shinto priests exist, so they think we can't perform rituals." - priest Tomoe Ichino, 40, Japan
"Once, after I finished performing jiichinsai (ground-breaking ceremony), I was asked, 'So, when is the priest coming?' When I first began working as a Shinto priest, because I was young and female, some people felt the blessing was different. They thought: 'I would have preferred your grandfather.' At first, I wore my grandfather's light green garment because I thought it's better to look like a man. But after a while I decided to be proud of the fact that I am a female priest and I began wearing a pink robe, like today."
"I had two men under my charge and they did not do what I asked them to do in the kitchen because I was a woman." - chef Ivonne Quintero, Mexico
"Physical strength benefits male colleagues in some situations on harder routes. But, women are more concentrated and meticulous." - mountaineering instructor Julia Argunova, 36, Kazakhstan
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