To mark the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8, 2018 AFP presents a series of 45 photos depicting women performing roles or working in professions more traditionally held by men. More images can be found in www.afpforum.com Search SLUG "WOMEN-DAY -PACKAGE". Elizabeth Spehar, United Nations Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), poses for a picture after a Peace Medals handing ceremony at the old Nicosia airport in the UN Buffer Zone on February 22, 2018. In the ring, battling flames or lifting off into space, women have entered professions generally considered as men's jobs. For International Women's Day, AFP met with women breaking down the barriers of gender-bias in the work world. / AFP PHOTO / Amir MAKAR