-> speak about it. As well as the media, too. Anja Reschke's action is an example of how it should be. March 8th is not a spring holiday for flowers. It’s a day of solidarity for women & a fight for women’s rights. Women make up approximately 49.6% of the world's population. This can vary slightly depending on source & the specific year of the data, but it's around this figure. The global population is about 8 billion, so there’s about 4 billion women in the world.