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". Spanish journalist, Paloma Garcia Ovejero, 42, deputy director spokeswoman at the Holy See Press Office, the first women to ever hold the this position, poses for a picture at St Peter's square on February 28, 2018 in Vatican. 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 / TIZIANA FABI