Skip links

Skip to Content
play

Live

Navigation menu

  • News
    • Middle East
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • US & Canada
    • Latin America
    • Europe
    • Asia Pacific
  • Ukraine war
  • Features
  • Economy
  • Opinion
  • Video
    • Coronavirus
    • Climate Crisis
    • Investigations
    • Interactives
    • In Pictures
    • Science & Technology
    • Sports
    • Podcasts
play

Live

In Pictures

Gallery|Women

Women marches across the world draw huge crowds

Hundreds of thousands join women’s marches to protest new US president’s stance on gender, minorities and human rights.

Women''s March
Protesters take part in the Women's March in Paris, France. [Jacky Naegelen/Reuters]
Published On 22 Jan 201722 Jan 2017
facebooktwitterwhatsapp

Hundreds of thousands of people across the world protested the day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as America’s 45th president.

What started as the Women’s March on Washington spread to streets and city squares from Sydney to South Carolina on Saturday, with protesters marching in solidarity as a show of empowerment.

As many as a million people took part in the main march in Washington, DC.

Women gave a host of reasons for marching, ranging from inspiring other women to run for office, to protesting against Trump’s plans to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act, which among other things requires health insurers to cover birth control.

Many hoped to send a unity message to Trump after a campaign in which he said Mexican immigrants were “rapists”, discussed banning Muslims from entering the United States, and was revealed to have once bragged about grabbing women by the genitals and kissing them without permission.

Women''s March
Native American women lead a Women's March that brought tens of thousands in Seattle, US. [Elaine Thompson/AP Photo]
Advertisement
Women''s March
Demonstrators protest against US President Donald Trump during the Women's March inside Karura Forest, in Kenya's capital Nairobi. [Thomas Mukoya/Reuters]
Women''s March
Madonna performs on stage during the Women's March rally in Washington, DC. [Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo]
Women''s March
A woman shouts slogans as she takes part in the #IWillGoOut rally, to show solidarity with the Women's March in Washington, in Ahmedabad, India. [Amit Dave/Reuters]
Women''s March
People gather in front of the US embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel. [Amir Cohen/Reuters]
Women''s March
Protesters carrying placards take part in a Women's March in Stockholm, Sweden. [Pontus Lundahl/TT News Agency/Reuters]
Advertisement
Women''s March
Rallies were held in more than 30 countries around the world in defence of women's and human rights following the inauguration of Donald Trump. [Michael Reynolds/EPA]
Women''s March
Protesters gather for the Women's March in Oslo, Norway. [Stian Lysberg Solum/NTB Scanpix/Reuters]
Women''s March
Women in Pittsburgh, US, came out to rally for women's and human rights. [Keith Srakocic/AP Photo]
Women''s March
Former US Secretary of State John Kerry joins the Women's March in Washington, DC. [Brian Snyder/Reuters]
Women''s March
People gather in front of the US embassy beside Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, Germany. [Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters]


    • About Us
    • Code of Ethics
    • Terms and Conditions
    • EU/EEA Regulatory Notice
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie Policy
    • Cookie Preferences
    • Sitemap
    • Community Guidelines
    • Work for us
    • HR Quality
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise with us
    • Apps
    • Channel Finder
    • TV Schedule
    • Podcasts
    • Submit a Tip
    • Al Jazeera Arabic
    • Al Jazeera English
    • Al Jazeera Investigative Unit
    • Al Jazeera Mubasher
    • Al Jazeera Documentary
    • Al Jazeera Balkans
    • AJ+
    • Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
    • Al Jazeera Media Institute
    • Learn Arabic
    • Al Jazeera Centre for Public Liberties & Human Rights
    • Al Jazeera Forum
    • Al Jazeera Hotel Partners

Follow Al Jazeera English:

  • rss
  • instagram-colored-outline
  • youtube
  • twitter
  • facebook
Al Jazeera Media Network logo
© 2022 Al Jazeera Media Network