When Donald Trump was elected America's 45th President something happened which no one could have predicted. It started a movement which, even a year later, is showing no signs of slowing down. The 2017 inaugural women's marches were a cry against Mr Trump's election victory and took place across the US and beyond. This year the movement got even bigger when hundreds of thousands of women (and men) around America and the world took to the streets for the 2018 Women's March. Demonstrators surged into the streets in protests in American cities across the country, with parallel rallies in Europe, Asia and Africa turning the event into a global affair. This wasn't just against Trump but a statement about women's rights across the globe. So I created this map using images from Getty and Flickr to show just how massive this movement has become. Please share and add to it... lets show women and men across the world coming together to fight for change.
Mar 8 2017
March 8, 2017 Oakland, CA Oakland Women's Strike - From the organizers, "WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR: In 46 countries across the world women are striking on March 8th for a better world. In solidarity with the international women's strike, we are issuing a call for women in Oakland to organize ourselves against deportations, workplace harassment, out of control rent, broken healthcare, unlivable wages, discrimination, and police violence."
Jan 20 2018
Jan 20 2018
Jan 20 2018
Jan 20 2018
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: (CHINA OUT, SOUTH KOREA OUT) People gather at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool to rally before the Women's March on January 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Across the nation, people are marching on the one-year anniversary of President Trump's swearing-in to protest against his past statements on women and to celebrate women's rights around the world. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
Jan 20 2018
Nov 25 2017
Mar 8 2017
WOMEN UNITE TO FIGHT BACK International Women's Day Gathering Rally at People's Park in the 2000 block of North Charles Street in Baltimore MD on Wednesday afternoon, 8 March 2017 by Elvert Barnes Photography Sara Boatema Benjamin <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rosebud.candid" rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/rosebud.candid</a> Follow Baltimore International Women's Day Strike & March at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1932031813696180/" rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/events/1932031813696180/</a> Elvert Barnes 8 March 2017 BALTIMORE WOMEN'S DAY STRIKE & MARCH docu-project at <a href="http://elvertbarnes.com/8March2017" rel="nofollow">elvertbarnes.com/8March2017</a>
Jan 20 2018
Baltimore Women's March Gathering Rally at War Memorial Plaza at 101 North Gay Street in Baltimore MD on Saturday afternoon, 20 January 2018 by Elvert Barnes Protest Photography I'VE SEEN SMARTER CABINETS AT IKEA Follow BALTIMORE WOMEN'S MARCH 2018 at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/womensmarchbaltimore2018" rel="nofollow">www.facebook.com/womensmarchbaltimore2018</a> Elvert Barnes J20 WOMEN'S MARCH 2018 BALTIMORE docu-project at <a href="http://elvertbarnes.com/WomensMarch2018" rel="nofollow">elvertbarnes.com/WomensMarch2018</a>
Jan 20 2018
NEW YORK - JANUARY 21: Whoopi Goldberg speaks at the Women's March 2018PHOTOGRAPH BY Joel Sheakoski / Barcroft Images London-T:+44 207 033 1031 E:hello@barcroftmedia.com - New York-T:+1 212 796 2458 E:hello@barcroftusa.com - New Delhi-T:+91 11 4053 2429 E:hello@barcroftindia.com www.barcroftimages.comPHOTOGRAPH BY Joel Sheakoski / Barcroft Images (Photo credit should read Joel Sheakoski / Barcroft Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
Jan 20 2018
NEW YORK - JANUARY 21: People marching at the New York Women's March 2018PHOTOGRAPH BY Joel Sheakoski / Barcroft Images London-T:+44 207 033 1031 E:hello@barcroftmedia.com - New York-T:+1 212 796 2458 E:hello@barcroftusa.com - New Delhi-T:+91 11 4053 2429 E:hello@barcroftindia.com www.barcroftimages.comPHOTOGRAPH BY Joel Sheakoski / Barcroft Images (Photo credit should read Joel Sheakoski / Barcroft Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
Nov 24 2017
Nov 24 2017
Nov 28 2017
Women wear pink masks protesting the violence against women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 28, 2017. Around 100 people gathered in a march for the elimination of the violence against women that is one of the most devastating and constantly repeated human rights violations in the world. / AFP PHOTO / LEO CORREA (Photo credit should read LEO CORREA/AFP/Getty Images)
Nov 28 2017
Women wear pink masks protesting the violence against women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 28, 2017. Around 100 people gathered in a march for the elimination of the violence against women that is one of the most devastating and constantly repeated human rights violations in the world. / AFP PHOTO / LEO CORREA (Photo credit should read LEO CORREA/AFP/Getty Images)
Jan 21 2018
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 21: Thousands of people gather on Whitehall outside Downing Street to take part in Time's Up rally organised by Women's March London which coincides with the first anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration. Demonstrators protested against sexual harassment and abuse, misogony, bigotry, gender inequality in opposition to Donald Trump's policies. January 21, 2018 in London, England. (Photo credit should read Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
Jan 21 2018
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 21: Women's rights demonstrators hold placards and shout slogans during the Time's Up rally at Richmond Terrace, opposite Downing Street on January 21, 2018 in London, England. The Time's Up Women's March marks the one year anniversary of the first Women's March in London and in 2018 it is inspired by the Time's Up movement against sexual abuse. The Time's Up initiative was launched at the start of January 2018 as a response to the #MeToo movement and the Harvey Weinstein scandal. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
Jan 21 2017
BARCELONA, SPAIN - JANUARY 21: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains profanity.) Demonstrators make their way during the Women's March on January 21, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. The Women's March originated in Washington DC but soon spread to be a global march calling on all concerned citizens to stand up for equality, diversity and inclusion and for women's rights to be recognised around the world as human rights. Global marches are now being held, on the same day, across seven continents. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
Jan 21 2017
BARCELONA, SPAIN - JANUARY 21: Demonstrators hold posters of Donald Trump as they make their way during the Women's March on January 21, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. The Women's March originated in Washington DC but soon spread to be a global march calling on all concerned citizens to stand up for equality, diversity and inclusion and for women's rights to be recognised around the world as human rights. Global marches are now being held, on the same day, across seven continents. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
Jan 21 2018
Demonstators gather on the Trocadero esplanade in Paris with the Eiffel tower in background on January 21, 2018 during a women's march organized as part of a global day of protests, a year to the day since Donald Trump took office as US president. ?Women's March organisers stage protests in a number of cities across Europe amid the #MeToo campaign against sexual harassment, a day after the first anniversary of the inauguration of US President Donald Trump / AFP PHOTO / JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images)
Jan 21 2018
Women hold a banner reading 'still feminist' with the Eiffel tower in background on the Trocadero esplanade in Paris on January 21, 2018 during a women's march organized as part of a global day of protests, a year to the day since Donald Trump took office as US president. ?Women's March organisers stage protests in a number of cities across Europe amid the #MeToo campaign against sexual harassment, a day after the first anniversary of the inauguration of US President Donald Trump / AFP PHOTO / JACQUES DEMARTHON (Photo credit should read JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images)
Jan 22 2017
A group of protesters holds 'Solidarity with the Russian Women - Stop Domestic and Physical Violence!' signs as people gather in front of the Russian Consulate General in Krakow, in solidarity with Russian Women, to symbolically demonstrate against the domestic violence in Russia, on January 23rd. In Russia, domestic violence is no longer a crime and the first case of beating by a close person in a given year will only be an offense against the administrative law. On Monday, 23 January 2017, in Krakow, Poland. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Jan 22 2017
People gather in front of the Russian Consulate General in Krakow, in solidarity with Russian Women, to demonstrate against the domestic violence in Russia, on January 23rd. In Russia, domestic violence is no longer a crime and the first case of beating by a close person in a given year will only be an offense against the administrative law. On Monday, 23 January 2017, in Krakow, Poland. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Jan 20 2017
Indian women shout slogans as they participate in a nationwide 'I Will Go Out' march to raise questions about safe access for women and marginalised communities in public spaces across in India, in New Delhi on January 21, 2017. India has been shamed in the past by headline-grabbing levels of sexual assault against women, notably in December 2012 when a student was gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi and later died of her injuries. / AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA (Photo credit should read CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images)
Jan 20 2017
MACAU - JANUARY 21: Protesters hold placards as they take part at the Women's March rally on January 21, 2017 in Macau, Macau. The Women's March originated in Washington DC but soon spread to be a global march calling on all concerned citizens to stand up for equality, diversity and inclusion and for women's rights to be recognised around the world as human rights. Global marches are now being held, on the same day, across seven continents (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
Jan 20 2017
MACAU - JANUARY 21: Protesters hold placards as they take part at the Women's March rally on January 21, 2017 in Macau, Macau. The Women's March originated in Washington DC but soon spread to be a global march calling on all concerned citizens to stand up for equality, diversity and inclusion and for women's rights to be recognised around the world as human rights. Global marches are now being held, on the same day, across seven continents (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
Jan 20 2017
MACAU - JANUARY 21: Protesters hold placards as they take part at the Women's March rally on January 21, 2017 in Macau, Macau. The Women's March originated in Washington DC but soon spread to be a global march calling on all concerned citizens to stand up for equality, diversity and inclusion and for women's rights to be recognised around the world as human rights. Global marches are now being held, on the same day, across seven continents (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
Jan 20 2017
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 21: People display banners in Hyde Park on January 21, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. The marches in Australia were organised to show solidarity with those marching on Washington DC and around the world in defense of women's rights and human rights. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images)
Jan 20 2017
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 21: People display banners in Hyde Park on January 21, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. The marches in Australia were organised to show solidarity with those marching on Washington DC and around the world in defense of women's rights and human rights. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images)
