Thousands of women came out today in the streets of major European cities and in several Asian capitals to protest the policy of the new US president Donald Trump and claim their rights.
Holding placards with slogans such as "special relationship, just say no" or "Paliogynaikes, unite" (pp of characterization "nasty woman" who had used Trump for Hillary Clinton), the demonstrators in London gathered outside the US embassy in Grosvenor Square and marched to Trafalgar.
Worldwide planned to make 670 may, according to the website of the organizers. The central and most will be in Washington. Many celebrities, including activist Bianca Jagger, singer Charlotte Church and actor Ian Makelen have expressed their support for the mobilization.
Many women wore caps with pink ears and holding placards with the slogan "This kitten bites".
In Europe, protests also took place in Berlin, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Geneva and Amsterdam. About 2,000 people gathered in Vienna, according to police estimates and the organizers. However, bad weather (the temperature had dropped below 0), resulted very soon are left only two hundred demonstrators. One of the women wore a knitted pink cap to the statue of the composer Johann Strauss.
In Geneva they gathered about 1,000 protesters, mostly women and children.
In Africa, hundreds of protesters were gathered Karoura Forest Nairobi. Emily Makarntei, a 28 year old film director, with the tattoo of the State of Texas in the arm, said he believes the new president does not respect the rights of women and homosexuals. "Within 30 minutes of the oath they took the rights of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) from the White House website," he commented.
Demonstrations also took place in Australia, New Zealand and Tokyo, Japan, with the participation of many Americans.
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