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Join the Women’s March in solidarity

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Women's March on Washington DC, central London march, 21 January 2017, solidarityBe part of a wave of international protest.

Join the march in Central London being held in solidarity with the ‘Women’s March on Washington’ on 21 January 2017.

Or the others being organised around the world.

The first day of Donald Trump’s US Presidency will be 21 January 2017, and this march is to be part of a wave of international protest and in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington DC taking place that same day.

It is to be an inclusive march, spearheaded by women for everyone, in defence of human rights threatened by the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States (POTUS).

Donald Trump has spoken repeatedly in ways that demonstrate profound misogyny and racism.

His campaign has been characterised by extremely divisive rhetoric that is already fanning the flames of social turbulence.

And he has stated clearly that he believes climate change is a fiction.

These are sources of great concern to us all.

The rhetoric of the past US election cycle has insulted and threatened many of us – women, Black, minority, ethnic and refugee groups, immigrants of all statuses, those with diverse religious faiths – particularly Muslims, people who identify as LGBTQIA, people with disabilities, the economically impoverished and survivors of sexual assault.

And we are all, worldwide, threatened when we hear Climate Change described as a ‘fiction’.

We are now confronted with the question of how to move forward in the face of national and international concern and fear.

In the spirit of democracy and honouring the champions of human rights, dignity, and justice who have gone before us, we will first of all join to show our presence in numbers too great to ignore.

And we will stand together, recognising that an attack on one group is an attack on us all.

The Women’s March is now a global movement: take a look at the map to see where people in other cities and countries will be marching too.

The march will be fully inclusive of anyone who wishes to support it. We wish to stand in solidarity with everyone threatened by this new era of US politics. We are against misogyny, racism, homophobia, and climate change denial.  And we will act in solidarity.

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