Female students are marking International Women’s Day in Serbia by leading the daily street protests against corruption, and thousands later joined a separate student-led rally against the populist go

Female students Saturday marked International Women's Day in Serbia by leading the daily street protests against corruption and sending a message decrying widespread violence against women in the Balkan country.

Student protesters in Serbia called for a one-day general strike on Friday in a bid to up pressure on the government, as demonstrations continued.

Tens of thousands of people marched through Belgrade on Friday to mark the deaths of 15 victims in a railway station disaster and to support a student-led call for a general strike aimed at challenging Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's hold on power.

Massive marches have been part of a nationwide anti-graft movement that started after a concrete canopy crashed in November at a railway station in Novi Sad. The near-daily protests regularly draw tens of thousands of people and have rattled President Aleksandar Vučić’s grip on power — including control of the state RTS television as well as numerous pro-government outlets.