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21 Powerful Images From Women’s Marches Across The World

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at McGill chapter.

This past Saturday, January 21st, hundreds of thousands of people participated in the Women’s March on Washington to champion women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights, as well as to promote environmental protection, immigration reform and the Black Lives Matter movement. The march, which was held the day after President Trump’s inauguration, was organized in protest of Trump’s misogynistic, racist and divisive campaign rhetoric. Over 650 sister marches were held in 60 countries, where thousands of demonstrators rallied in solidarity to affirm that Trump’s politics of hate and division are not acceptable. According to The New York Times, nearly half a million people were present for the march in Washington, D.C., which is roughly three times more attendees than Trump’s own inauguration. The Women’s March is believed to be the largest inauguration protest in history, and the total number of protesters worldwide is estimated to have surpassed 3 million.

Here’s a look at some of the most powerful photos from Women’s Marches around the world:

Washington D.C.

Chicago, Illinois

New York, New York

Los Angeles, California

Boston, Massachusetts

San Francisco, California

Paris, France

London, England

Geneva, Switzerland

Nairobi, Kenya

Melbourne, Australia

Athens, Greece

Bangkok, Thailand

Ajijic, Mexico

Oslo, Norway

Barcelona, Spain

Florence, Italy

Bogota, Columbia

Fairbanks, Alaska

Montreal also hosted its own Women’s March, and thousands of people participated:

 

 

Sources and images from:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4142838/Hundreds-thousands-American-women-protest-Trump.html#ixzz4WQaUm78z

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2017/jan/21/womens-marches-around-the-world-in-pictures?CMP=fb_gu

http://fortune.com/2017/01/21/womens-march-photos/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/22/us/politics/womens-march-trump-crowd-estimates.html?_r=0

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/womens-march.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/01/photos-of-the-womens-marches-around-the-world/514049/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Women’s_March#Speakers_and_attendees

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/21/world/womens-march-pictures.html

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montrealers-rally-to-denounce-trump-support-washington-march