Women’s March on London: Thousands to protest against gender inequality after Donald Trump's inauguration

Protest: An activist holds a banner for women's rights at a demonstration against Donald Trump in Melbourne
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Hatty Collier21 January 2017

Thousands of women were expected to join an activists’ march across London as part of an international campaign on the first day of Donald Trump’s presidency.

The central London rally was planned in solidarity with a Women’s March in Washington to promote women’s rights in the wake of the US election result.

The demo in Washington was expected to attract about 200,000 people including celebrities Katy Perry, Scarlett Johansson and Amy Schumer.

More than 14,000 activists have signed up to the two-mile march in London from the US embassy in Mayfair to Trafalgar Square.

Hundreds of women-led protests were planned across the globe to spread a message of inclusiveness and positivity in the wake of the rising tide of intolerance and division that has emerged during the US election.

A protest against Mr Trump had already taken place outside the US embassy in London on Friday after his inauguration and was attended by singer Lily Allen.

Women’s rights demonstrations were also planned for other major cities including Belfast, Cardiff, Lancaster, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Edinburgh.

Almost 700 other so-called “sister marches” were scheduled across the world with protests in Australia, New Zealand and Japan having already taken place.

A crowd of around 5,000 people including women, men and children took to the streets of Sydney and gathered in the city's Hyde Park on Saturday, according to reports.

The demonstrators carried placards with anti-Trump slogans which read "Feminism is my Trump card" and "Princesses against patriarchy".

Organiser Mindy Freiband, a US citizen now living in Australia, told The Guardian they were expected more than 3,000 people to join the demonstration.

Meanwhile more than 1,000 people reportedly gathered outside the US consulate in Auckland, New Zealand. Several protesters shouted "dump Trump" as they moved on through the city, the New Zealand Herald reported.

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