#WOMENSMARCH

STARTED: November 9th, 2016

FORMED BY: Teresa Shook

GOAL: “We believe that Women’s Rights are Human Rights and Human Rights are Women’s Rights. We must create a society in which women - including Black women, Native women, poor women, immigrant women, disabled women, Muslim women, lesbian queer and trans women - are free and able to care for and nurture their families, however they are formed, in safe and healthy environments free from structural impediments” (Women's March Canada, n.d.).

EVENTS:

Women's March Washington

Women's March Vancouver

40 Days of Choice KW

Relevant Links:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2017/01/31/the-woman-who-started-the-womens-march-with-a-facebook-post-reflects-it-was-mind-boggling/?utm_term=.030d28220280

Women's March Canada

“Hundreds of thousands march down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Women's March in Washington, DC, U.S., January 21, 2017. Bryan Woolston / Reuters”

“Canadian mother and daughter, Sofia Rizzo, right, and Cathy Rizzo, from Toronto, participate in the Women's March on Washington in Washington, D.C. May Warren- Metro.”

“Organisers estimated that around 60,000 people came out for the Saturday march. (David Donnelly/CBC)”

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