From Athens to Zihuatanejo, a Global Show of Unity for Women's Rights Magdalena Mis, Ellen Wulfhorst and Nita Bhalla - Trust.org
go to original January 20, 2017

Powerful Video Reminds President-Elect Trump That Women ‘Won’t Go Back’ (Ms Foundation for Women)

Update: Women's March on Washington Goes Worldwide: Snapshots from Around the Globe (NPR)

More than one million people are expected to attend women's marches around the world on Saturday to demonstrate against sexism and sexual violence and call for women's rights following the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

A Facebook plea by a Hawaii grandmother to march in response to Trump's election was credited for igniting the global movement, with more than 600 marches planned.

In a show of solidarity with the main march in the U.S. capital, Washington D.C., marchers will take to the streets of major world capitals such as London and New Delhi, and in farflung spots from Macau to Mexico to Madagascar.

"Resistance Knows No Borders," read a sign advertising a march in front of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv.

Initially organizers wanted to highlight the potential impact of a Trump presidency on women's rights. But as momentum grew, so the mission expanded to concerns about xenophobia, racism, domestic violence and the targeting of Muslims and gays.

"There's no difference between women who are in the U.S. and here," said Rachael Mwikali, a 24-year-old student who helped organise Nairobi's march.

"The American women, they are not alone in this," she said. "We are together."

The marches are set for Saturday, one day after the Republican billionaire businessman is sworn into office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Organisers expect to draw 250,000 to the main Washington event.

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