Women's March on Washington

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Participants in the Women's March
Banner alluding to Trump's " Make America great again" campaign slogan

The Women's March on Washington was a protest march for women's and human rights in Washington, DC on January 21, 2017 , the first day after Donald Trump 's inauguration . In addition to the march in Washington, solidarity marches ( Sister Marches ) were held in other major US cities and in numerous other countries. The "pussy hats" worn by the demonstrators were characteristic.

background

The march was initiated on Facebook after the 2016 presidential election . Because she found Donald Trump's speeches polarizing , racist , and misogynistic , Hawaiian Teresa Shook created a Facebook event on November 9, 2016 calling for a protest march. Other similar events soon followed, drawing thousands of women to register. The official Women's March on Washington event grew out of these calls. Later, a team of five women took over the organization: Vanessa Wruble, Tamika D. Mallory, Carmen Perez, Linda Sarsour and Bob Bland.

The organizers pointed out that the march is not directed against Trump, but proactively campaigns for women's rights and also takes a stand for social justice and human rights.

The march was originally called the "Million Women March". However, the name was changed because it commemorated the 1997 Philadelphia Million Women March, which was attended by hundreds of thousands of black women.

More than 23 organizations have applied for a First Amendment permit to hold demonstrations during inauguration week.

Venue

Women's March in Washington

Organizers initially planned to conduct the march along the route of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom , where Martin Luther King delivered his famous I Have a Dream speech. However , the National Park Service did not grant a permit for the Lincoln Memorial because permits had already been granted for the Inauguration and other organizations. In early December, it was announced that the march would begin on Independence Avenue at the southwest corner of the Capitol and run along the National Mall .

organizers

The four organizing committee chairs were Linda Sarsour , director of the Arab American Association of New York , Bob Bland , a fashion designer, Tamika Mallory , the former director of the National Action Network , and Carmen Perez , director of the activist group The Gathering for Justice . Vanessa Wruble, co-founder and co-president of Okayafrica , is campaign manager. Gloria Steinem and Harry Belafonte were Honorary Chairs.

During his campaign, Donald Trump announced that he would withdraw funding for Planned Parenthood as long as the organization performed abortions . Planned Parenthood supported the march and contributed personnel and know-how in planning the large demonstration. According to President Cecile Richards , the march was intended to send a clear signal to the incoming administration that "millions of people would stand up against attacks on reproductive health care, abortion services and access to Planned Parenthood". The organizers expressed the hope that even after the march, the protesters would prevent Trump and the Republican -dominated Congress from withdrawing millions of dollars in government funding for the organization and pointed out the importance of being active locally even after the demonstration remain.

partnerships

At the end of December, the organizers announced that more than 100 organizations had pledged their help during the march and would support it on their social media platforms. Among these partners were Amnesty International USA, the Mothers of the Movement , the National Center for Lesbian Rights , the National Organization for Women (NOW), MoveOn.org , Human Rights Watch , Code Pink , Black Girls Rock , NAACP , the American Indian Movement and Oxfam .

course

Women's March in Paris

About half a million people gathered in Washington (according to the organizers 700,000, according to the US news channel CNN over a million nationwide), that would be more participants than the record at the time of the demonstration against the Vietnam War in 1969.

Around 670 corresponding demonstrations took place worldwide, e.g. B. in Amsterdam , London , Paris , Rome , Vancouver or Vienna , in the USA also e.g. in Boston , Chicago , Denver , Los Angeles (with Barbra Streisand ), New Orleans , New York , San Diego , San Francisco , in Germany in Berlin , Frankfurt , Heidelberg and Munich . A total of two million people worldwide are said to have taken part, mainly women.

participation, speeches

Scarlett Johansson at the Women's March on Washington

Celebrities such as Samantha Bee , Amy Schumer and Olivia Wilde intended to take part in the march, singers Alicia Keys and Cher , as well as actress Whoopi Goldberg and artist and singer Yoko Ono were among the participants.

Several politicians, stars and activists performed before the march down the National Mall to the White House , such as artist and singer Madonna , film director Michael Moore , Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser , civil rights activist, philosopher, humanist and writer Angela Davis , feminist Journalist and suffragette Gloria Steinem , Ilyasah Shabazz , daughter of civil rights activist Malcolm X , Maryum Ali, daughter of boxer Muhammad Ali , and actresses Scarlett Johansson and Ashley Judd . In her speech, the latter referred to Trump's denigration of his competitor Clinton as a "nasty woman" and said:

"I'm not as evil as racism , cheating, conflicts of interest , homophobia , sexual assault , transphobia , white supremacy , misogyny , ignorance, white privilege. I'm not as bad as using your daughter as your favorite sex symbol . […] But I am a bad woman – like my grandmothers who fought fights so that I could choose. I'm evil like the fight for equal wages. We are not here to be ridiculed, we are here to be respected. We are here to be evil.”

The defeated Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton thanked the participants of the demonstration in a tweet for their commitment to "our values", saying that this is more important than ever.

symbols

Women in pussy hats and gestures to match on a plane bound for Washington
Banners during the demonstration

The march featured many self-designed symbols, often playing with the meanings of pussy , referring to statements made by Trump. A much-shown symbol was a - usually pink - hat with tails on the right and left indicating cat ears, the pussy hat . Such hats were knitted or crocheted in large numbers by activists in the run-up to the march. Singer-songwriter Fiona Apple provided a fitting battle chant with Tiny Hands .

reception

Gloria Steinem, who serves as Honorary Chair, wrote: "Our Constitution does not begin with 'I, the President.' It begins with 'We the people.' I am proud to be one of the thousands who are coming to Washington to make it clear that we continue to work for a democracy where we are connected as human beings and not based on race, gender, class or any other label be rated."

According to Marcia Chatelain, a professor at the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching, & Service at Georgetown University , the march's success depends on maintaining momentum in the weeks that follow and longer term. The historian Michael Kazin also emphasized the importance of a long-term strategy.

Critics of the march felt it had little chance of succeeding because its political goals were unclear or missed. It was also criticized that Linda Sarsour helped organize the march. As a defender of Sharia , the hijab -wearing activist can not credibly stand for feminism .

Several museums and institutions such as the National Museum of American History , part of the Smithsonian Institution, and the New York Historical Society collected or called for donations of posters and other protest symbols of the Women's March immediately after the event.

In 2018, the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation wanted to award its human rights prize to the Women's March. The Criticism of Anti-Semitism and Jewish Studies working group of the FES and scholarship holders of the foundation protested against this decision because they accuse the organizers of "trivializing anti-Semitism, excluding Jews and Zionists" and because they had attracted attention with repeated anti-Semitic statements . The foundation therefore suspended the award ceremony and announced that it would have the allegations examined independently. Prior to the conclusion of the investigation, Woman's Marsh informed the foundation that it was forgoing the award, resulting in no award being presented in 2018.

web links

Commons : Women's March on Washington  - Collection of images

itemizations

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