World Unites for #WomensWave: Here’s What Women Are Marching For

Women’s March Global brings together a community of women that seeks equality and justice.

Activist Margaret Prescod, radio host and producer, speaks at Pershing Square during the 3rd Women’s March in Los Angeles.

(Photo: AP)

Women’s March Global brings together a diverse community of women from around the world, seeking to create a future of equality and justice. The march exposes the magnitude of sexual harassment, economic abuse, dowry, trans-violence, child marriage, acid attacks and other forms of violence that women suffer all over the world.

People from 31 countries are expected to come out, on 19 and 20 January, for more than 80 marches, as part of this year’s global Women’s March in protest against austerity and violence against women. This weekend marks the third anniversary of the first Women’s March in 2017, when as many as 6 million people gathered to protest the appointment of Donald Trump as the President of the United States.

Last year, in honour of the #MeToo movement, thousands gathered in central London for the Time’s Up rally.

Demonstrators took to the streets of California, New York, Washington, among other states in the US, and made their voices heard.

“Being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. Oftentimes, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The next generation understands what lies ahead and is willing to make the change they wish to see.

The signs held up by the protestants were all kinds of bold and beautiful.

Also read: From Washington DC to LA to Salem, Women’s March Takes Over—Again

Here’s What Women Are Marching For

This year, women are marching for equal pay, equal representation and access to basic human rights, as well as disability rights, immigrant rights, and racial justice.

Some Stats

• One in three women experiences some form of violence, including, but not limited to, sexual assault, rape, child marriage, acid attacks and female genital mutilation
• On average, men get paid 75 percent more in wages globally than women
• Women make up to 64 percent of the world’s illiterate population
• There are 650 million girls in the world today who were married under the age of 18

People with banners at the march.