In pictures: Londoners came out in force at the International Women’s Day rally

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"Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women." 💜Maya Angelou💜

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"No more the weak and mild subservients we, we're fighting for our rights, militantly. NEVER YOU FEAR"✊ #internationalwomensday #march #march4women #womenpower #women #womensrights #arise #suffragette #sisters #equality #8mars #london #proud #feminism

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HAPPY #INTERNATIONALWOMENSDAY 🧡⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Today I attended #March4Women with my daughter. She was absolutely befuddled at what was going on and I was awestruck by so many women chanting for rights on various things. ⁣⁣ ⁣ See Stories 👌⁣ ⁣⁣ There was even a man with a drum although I got the impression his motive was to create a party than a protest & it worked! 😁🎉⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The march was organised by @careintuk and we walked alongside @womens_aid @womankind @actionaid before joining in with @stylismagazine and a group of over 60's known WASP, who were marching for women's pensions. They had hung their knickers on a washing a line and had them blowing in the wind throughout the march! Hilarious 🤣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ So what did we learn? ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ That not just women march for women's rights. There were groups of men, families, young women, old women, even a man dressed as an Irish lepricorn 🤷🏻‍♀️⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ That despite the wind & rain, it's important to get out and stand up for what you believe in. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ That despite the embarrassment of an 8 year old girl because her mummy was singing & shouting, she will remember that on this day her mummy told her that she can achieve ANYTHING she wants and don't ever let anyone, man or woman, tell you you can't! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ AND that next year I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to go with a community of Pivotal Women marching for change in the effects of generational trauma! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ What did you get up to today? ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #iwd2020 #equalforequal #march4women #internationalwomensday #iamapivotalwoman

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Some great placards at the women's march today. Thank you to my amazing ladies for coming out in the rain with me!! #march4women ✊💖

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Happy International Women’s Day ✊🚺
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went to #march4women with @frankie2407 today despite the awful weather and my sign falling down the whole time.... because the patriarchy isn’t going to smash itself eh 👊
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this year had a big climate change focus because women and girls are disproportionally affected by the effects of the climate crisis 🌍👏 and you know how I feel about that..... #rage

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Сегодня на женском марше вот таких прекрасных дам встретили А так, всех с праздничком и помним, в первую очередь девочки хотят не цветочки, girls just wanna have fundamental human rights #march4women

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Someone wished me a happy #InternationalWomensDay Let me make this clear - it’s not a celebration, it’s a day created by activists to address and raise aware of the inequalities in the world that women face. It has been wrongly high jacked by marketeers and brands as a commercial opportunity. #IWD2020 #equality #IWD #march4women

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