In Photos: Thousands of Women March the Streets, Condemn Trump

Here’s how women and men took to the streets of United States, condemning Trump’s “anti-women” policies.

A year after Donald Trump took over as the President of United States, hundreds of thousands of women and their male supporters took to the streets for the second march. 

(Photo: Associated Press)

Hundreds of thousands of women and their male supporters turned out on Saturday, 20 January, for the second Women's March, a nationwide series of protests in the United States against their President Donald Trump, marking the end of his tumultuous first year in office.

The coordinated rallies in Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and about 250 other cities featured speakers who blasted Trump for policies that many said hurt women and urged voters to turn out for congressional elections in November. Sister rallies were staged in cities overseas.

A year after President Donald Trump was inaugurated, people participating in rallies and marches in the US and around the world Saturday denounced his views on immigration, abortion, LGBT rights, women’s rights and more. (Photo: Associated Press)

Trump responded on Twitter by touting what he said were economic gains of the past year that benefited women.“Beautiful weather all over our great country, a perfect day for all Women to March,” he wrote. “Get out there now to celebrate the historic milestones and unprecedented economic success and wealth creation that has taken place over the last 12 months. Lowest female unemployment in 18 years!”(Photo: Associated Press)

People hold their hands up at a Women’s March against sexual violence and the policies of the Trump administration. The Los Angeles mayor said estimated turnout in the city was 500,000, while New York police estimated about 200,000 protesters.(Photo: Associated Press)

A woman clicking a selfie with posters at the march.(Photo: Associated Press)

Several hundred people have gathered in Palm Beach, Florida, carrying anti-Donald Trump signs as they prepare to march near the president’s Mar-a-Lago home on Florida’s east coast. A group of women wearing red cloaks and white hats like the characters in the book and TV show “The Handmaid’s Tale” marched in formation Saturday, their heads bowed. (Photo: Associated Press)

Maui resident Annie Nelson, centre, shouts into the microphone of counter-protester Darrell Hall, right, on the University of Hawaii Maui College campus during a Women’s March in Kahului, Hawaii.(Photo: Associated Press)

Many of the protesters wore pink knit “pussy hats,” which were created for last year’s march as a reference to a comment made by Trump about female genitalia. The caps quickly became a symbol of women’s empowerment and opposition to the new president in the early days of his administration.(Photo: Associated Press)

The weekend of demonstrations is aimed at translating enthusiasm into political action with the theme “Power to the Polls” – a message designed to drive voter registrations and maximise women’s involvement in the 2018 midterm elections.(Photo: Associated Press)

Activists with “Gays Against Guns” join others as they take part in a march highlighting equal rights and equality for women in the march in New York.(Photo: Associated Press)

Saturday’s march follows what many see as a pivotal year for women’s rights, with the rise of the #MeToo and #TimesUp social media campaigns against sexual harassment and misconduct. The movements sprang up after a string of scandals involving powerful men in Hollywood, Washington and elsewhere.(Photo: Associated Press)

Protestors hoisted signs emblazoned with slogans like “Fight like a girl” and “A woman’s place is in the White House” and “Elect a clown, expect a circus”, along with “Impeach Trump” at the march.(Photo: Associated Press)

(With inputs from Associated Press, Reuters)