The Women's March

Hi, I'm Sir Ian McKellen, and I participated in the 2017

Women's March in London. But what was the women's

march? What did it stand for?

In summary, the aim of the march was to

protest against the newly inaugurated

President of the United States; Donald

Trump.

Despite the president being American, the

protest against him was worldwide, extending

across seas even all the way to London- where I

was!!!

The protest for the woman's march was globally, all rallies where aimed at Donald trump, fighting for quality in a world where woman are not yet equal. Around 4.8 million joined world wide. The use of promotion on social media and popular sites such as Facebook has allowed people to join up, as well as the use of star power from well established celebrities such as Natalie Portman.

More than 170,000 people have signed up, via Facebook, to attend the main rally

in Washington DC, with another 247,000

showing interest.

I wasn't the only Famous face attending the woman's rights march; Miley Cyrus, Vanessa Hudgens, Alicia keys, and Natalie Portman were there too!

Because of the sheer scale of the protests, it was obvious that the event would be heavily reported on by the media, both traditional

and digital. These are a few articles I found particularly

interesting, and think you should give a read

https://www.actionaid.org.uk/blog/campaigns/2017/01/23/the-womens-

march-on-london-whats-next?gclid=CLjS_Yfo2tECFQQz0wodddYFtQ

To quote the article; ‘Official counts from the march organisers confirmed it: there had been more than 100,000 of us marching across the UK, more than 5 million women, men and children marched globally, and protests had taken place in over 60 countries – and even in Antarctica! The atmosphere was incredible, with marchers speaking out against sexism and rape culture, against homophobia and xenophobia, and calling for an end to hate and oppression. We were surrounded by marchers of all ages and genders demanding we build bridges, not walls, between communities and nations.’

Citizen journalists shared images of the march with the hashtag: Twitter celebrates Women's March on Washington with #WomenWhoHaveInspiredMe - https://mic.com/articles/166235/twitter-celebrates-womens-march-on-washington-with-womenwhohaveinspiredme#.IJNDu6BzA This article also promotes the cause.

Many established institutions also responded to the woman’s march by writing articles promoting the cause: established media institutions perhaps do not challenged the march as this would create a lot of controversy, also because females account for a large amount of their audience.

Audiences have also promoted the cause in positive way via the use of social media, they have shared pictures and the march has not been challenged by many as it is a fight for equal rights against the bourgeoisie. The women’s march has shown to be important and significant as it was the largest march in US history, it’s also significant because women are still not equal in contemporary society and are having to gift against a violation of their rights constantly throughout history.

And, um, yeah. That's about it.