International Women's Day 2012: cartoons exploring women's place in society around the world - in pictures

Wonderful Nobel, by Gianfranco Uber, from Italy Photograph: Cartoon Movement

Controlling women, by Rasha Mahdi, from Egypt Photograph: Cartoon Movement

Sad celebrations on International Women's Day, by Victor Ndula, from Kenya Photograph: Cartoon Movement

Political meeting of the future, by Cristian Topan, from Romania Photograph: Cartoon Movement

Women in Israel, by Steve Greenberg, from the US Photograph: Cartoon Movement

Women's march, by Cecigian, from Italy Photograph: Cartoon Movement

Shopping!, by Khalid Albaih, from Qatar Photograph: Cartoon Movement

No refuge for woman, by Douglas Potter, from the US Photograph: Cartoon Movement

Gender inequality in job access, by Bernard Bouton, from France Photograph: Cartoon Movement

Gender equality in reality, by Vladimir Kazanevsky, from Ukraine Photograph: Cartoon Movement