Hundreds of thousands worldwide to take part in anti-Trump women’s marches

A pair of protesters carrying placards in support of Black Lives Matter, the anti-racism movement which originated in the U.S. in response to police brutality against African Americans, said: “We’re anxious about what Trump’s election says about the state of the word – about the state of poorphobia, misogyny and racism”. North Carolina Right to Life holds its annual march Saturday afternoon, joined by participants in a separate youth event by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh.

“What’s at stake is everything you believe in”, Whoopie Goldberg told the gathered mass before the marchers gathered to start the procession shortly after noon.

Protestors are expected to march from noon until around 5 p.m.

Johnson says she’s trying to be hopeful about the future-and participating in Saturday’s Women’s March on Austin is a step in that direction.

Protesters say women’s rights are under threat from the new USA administration. Many people wore pink cat-eared hats, which were created in response to leaked audio and video recordings of President Donald Trump making lewd comments about women in 2005 with Billy Bush. As protester Stef Vogt told The Sydney Morning Herald, “We want to send a sign to the women in the USA that we’re all in this together”.

It will be among the first to kick-off a series of solidarity marches across 30 countries over the inauguration weekend. The AFP news agency reported that many of those protesters were masked, clad in black and carrying anarchist flags.

“I don’t think he’s very concerned about the people”, said Allen.

“Everything’s kind of in shambles right now, and it shouldn’t be like that”, one protestor said.

In London, organizers called for an global day of solidarity. At first the idea of marchers in locations outside the USA might seem like an odd, and minor, phenomenon.

“We’ve come out to say women matter”.

“It’s been a heartrending time to be both a woman and an immigrant in this country”, she said. “Why Sydney? This isn’t your issue, ‘” Kate Taylor, co-founder of the march on Sydney, said in a brief interview during the rally, according to the Washington Post.