Thousands march against Duterte on International Women's Day Thousands of women take to the streets in Manila against President Rodrigo Duterte's alleged misogyny. On a day highlighting global calls for gender parity, protesters marched on Malacanang presidential palace to castigate Duterte, a maverick politician who casually cracks rape jokes and said last year that when he was a teenager he indecently "touched" the family maid. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES