“NOT OVER”
Some demonstrators their directed ire at US President Donald Trump.
In Paris, girls from the Femen activist group marched topless with both the US or the Russian nationwide flag, marked with a swastika, painted on their chests.
Dozens of girls have alleged the Republican sexually abused them, and his administration has been accused of pushing via anti-women insurance policies.
“This can be a battle, it isn’t over,” stated 49-year-old Sabine, who was marching together with her seven-year-old son in Paris, the place organisers put turnout at round 250,000. Police gave a determine of 47,000.
“We’re getting in the fitting course: Trump, the masculinists, they make plenty of noise however they are not as robust as we’re,” she instructed AFP.
On the Berlin protest, some protesters held placards bearing messages together with “Burn the patriarchy not the planet”.
One marcher, Steff Voigt, expressed her fears for the long run.
“I discover it fairly scary how sure developments are reversing, how girls’s rights might merely be transferring backward once more, so to talk, due to the fitting. Particularly within the USA,” she stated.