On Trump's second day, thousands of women to march in D.C. in protest


  • World
  • Sunday, 22 Jan 2017

Hundreds of thousands of marchers fill the street during a Women's March demonstration in Washington, DC, U.S., January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of women filled the streets of major American cities to lead an unprecedented wave of international protests against President Donald Trump, mocking and denouncing the new U.S. leader the day after his inauguration.

Women activists, outraged by Trump's campaign rhetoric and behaviour they found to be especially misogynistic, spearheaded scores of marches in the United States and sympathy rallies around the world on Saturday.

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