Photograph: Kay BushBefore the Women’s Marches took place, the day after Trump’s inauguration, there were suggestions they would be pointless and ineffective – nothing more than a nice day out. Perhaps the reason the central event in Washington attracted such global support is that Trump seems the face of a broader backlash against women’s rights. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesThat January day seems to have been the start of a new era of street resistance. For International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Women’s March and the International Women’s Strike are calling for women to go on strike in a major action against economic inequality, male violence and attacks on reproductive rights. Walker is currently organising a Women’s Day Off for 2018 to coincide with the centenary of women first being given the vote in the UK.

Source: The Guardian March 06, 2017 06:56 UTC