Women succeeding in doing a ‘man’s job’

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". Nicol Gomez, 37, guardian at the La Esperanza prison poses for a portrait in front a group of prisoners practicing yoga in San Salvador, on March 4, 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 / MARVIN RECINOS

Deborah Danladi, health, safety and environment manager, Maiganga Coal Mine, is the first and the only female engineer in the employment of AshakaCem. The company, a subsidiary of Lafarge Africa, is more than 40 years old and it is the largest company in Nigeria's northeast region.

Niger's goalkeeper Zatao Zakari takes part during a football match against Ghana at The Stade Robert Champroux in Abidjan on February 16, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO

Mai Ibrahim Al-Mesad, Project Manager of the maritime section of the Jaber Al-Ahmad Causeway, poses for a picture at the construction site in Kuwait City on March 4, 2018. The Jaber Al-Ahmad Causeway is considered one of the longest in the world, covering a total distance of 37 kilometers between Kuwait City and Subbiy. / AFP PHOTO / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT

Amal Regaeg, a 40-year-old Palestinian carpenter, works in her shop in al-Nusairat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip on March 2, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED

A picture taken on February 19, 2018 shows Saudi female gym owner Halah Alhamrania, 41, posing for picture during a training at her centre in the Saudi Red Sea resort of Jeddah. / AFP PHOTO / AMER HILABI

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". Shana Power, 25, a mixed martial artist (MMA), poses for a picture in the gym which she co-owns called Power House Intensive Training (PHIT), in Johannesburg on February 28, 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 / GULSHAN KHAN

South Sudanese security guard Marlin Keji John, 30, poses in Juba, South Sudan on February 22, 2018. She and her team are responsible to keep the compound, owned by a non-profit and home to 14 international aid workers. / AFP PHOTO / Stefanie GLINSKI

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 23, 2018 Jodie Azhar, 30, Lead Technical Artist on the Total War game series at Creative Assembly, poses for a portrait in her offices in Horsham, West Sussex, south of London, on February 23, 2018. Jodie Azhar was selected by an international jury of the BAFTA Breakthrough Brit 2016 to be among the 18 talented newcomers across film, television and games. Azhar knows as a woman that she is an exception in Britain's video game industry, with only 19 percent of jobs filled by women, according to a 2016 study. For the past three years, Creative Assembly, one of the UK's largest video game developers, has hosted girl-only workshops at its offices in Horsham, South London. / AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS

French rejoneadora Lea Vincens, 33, poses at the Aracena bullring, in Huelva, southern Spain on February 25, 2018. A rejoneadora is a mounted bullfighter who uses a lance. / AFP PHOTO / Cristina Quicler

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". Amaia Gorostiza, 51, business woman and president of the SD Eibar football club poses for a picture in the locker room at the Ipurua stadium in Eibar on February 27, 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 / ANDER GILLENEA

Hannah Beachler, production designer, poses for a picture in West Hollywood, California, on February 22, 2018. Hannah Beachler has designed Wakanda, the "Black Panther" fictional African home and world. Hannah is the only black woman at the top of her field. PHOTO:VALERIE MACON/GETTY IMAGES

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". Heather Marold Thomason, butcher and founder of Primal Supply Meats, poses for a picture in her company's dry-aging room on March 2, 2018, in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. 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 / DOMINICK REUTER

Dalia Antunes, 44, professional barber for almost 30 years, works at Oliveira Barbershop in Lisbon on March 3, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA

Train driver Alima Mariko, 39, poses in the control compartment of a locomotive, in Bamako on February 23, 2018. For over nine years Alima has been driving the train along the route Bamako-Kayes in the south west of Mali. / AFP PHOTO / Michele CATTANI

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". Lebanese mechanic Rana el-Hayek, 22, poses in a car repair garage where she works in Qannabat Brummana, northeast of Beirut, on March 3, 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 / JOSEPH EID

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". Israeli army sergeant Amit Malekin, 19, commander of a mobile rocket launcher, poses for a picture in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights near the border between Israel and Syria on February 26, 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 / JACK GUEZ

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". South Sudanese cattle herder Mary Amer, 22, poses with her child in a camp in Mingkaman, South Sudan, on March 3, 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 / Stefanie GLINSKI

Anny Divya, 31, an Indian pilot who became the youngest woman in the world to captain the Boeing 777 aircraft, poses next to planes at the Indian Air Force Museum in New Delhi on February 24, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA

Jessica Johana Oliva, firefighter, gets ready to fight a forest fire, in Tegucigalpa on March 6, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Orlando SIERRA

Marzia Amiri (R), an Afghan policewoman, works on a homicide investigation in Karukh district of Herat province on February 2, 2018. Marzia Amiri is the only policewoman in Herat province working on crime scene investigations, with responsibility for a variety of major cases including homicides, abductions and robbery. / AFP PHOTO / HOSHANG HASHIMI