On International Women’s Day, Philippines Bid to Set the Record for the Biggest ‘Woman’ Symbol
More than 10,000 people gathered in the Philippine capital on Saturday in a bid to set a world record for the largest formation of the gender symbol for "woman."
More than 10,000 people gathered in the Philippine capital on Saturday in a bid to set a world record for the largest formation of the gender symbol for “woman”, as part of International Women’s Day. The event, sponsored by the government’s commission on…
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