Survivors of sexual violence were among the tens of thousands who have taken to the streets across the UK to march in solidarity with all oppressed women and girls around the world. Around 5,000 demonstrators walked alongside loved ones and strangers in London on Saturday, shouting chants like My body, my choice, and What do we want? Safety. When do we want it? Now, while intricate homemade signs reading And still we rise and Women hold up half the sky were held up.
Demi Reilly, 30, told The Independent she attended: To represent the woman oppressed everywhere. Collectively we need to raise our voices. No woman is free until all women are free... we can't let s*** slide anymore.
Organisers estimated up to 21,000 women turned out at 21 marches around the country, coming together in their fight for equality at a pivotal time and two days ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration.
Thousands of women attended events across the country (Tara Cobham / The Independent) Anne-Marie Langeveldt, 42, who came from Watford to be there with her mother, pointed to the statistic that around one in three women are survivors of sexual violence, highlighting the urgent need for activism and awareness.
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