The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, in support of women's rights and other causes including immigration reform, health care reform, protection of the natural environment, LGBTQ rights, racial justice, freedom of religion, and workers' rights. The rallies were aimed at Donald Trump, the recently inaugurated President of the United States.
The first protest was planned in Washington, D.C., and was known as the Women's March on Washington. It was organized as a grassroots movement and took place on the day after Trump's inauguration on January 20. It aimed to "send a bold message to our new administration on their first day in office, and to the world that women's rights are human rights". More than three times as many people attended the protest in Washington, D.C., as attended the Trump inauguration itself. The Washington March was also streamed live on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
The march drew at least half a million in Washington, and some estimates put worldwide participation at 4.8 million, according to WomensMarch.com on January 23, 2017. At least 408 marches were planned in the U.S. and 168 in 81 other countries.
After the march, officials behind the organization reported 673 marches took place worldwide, including 29 in Canada and 20 in Mexico. In the United States, the protests were the largest political demonstrations since the anti-Vietnam War protests in the 1960s and 1970s. The Women's March crowds were generally peaceful. For example, in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles (where, according to organizers, 750,000 people marched), New York, and Seattle, where an estimated combined total of 2 million people marched, no arrests were made.
The march drew at least half a million in Washington D.C. and was three times the size of the audience at President Trump’s inauguration. Nearly 5 million participated worldwide.
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