Hundreds of thousands of women in the United States and around the world are marching on Jan. 21 to send a message to President Donald Trump on his first full day in office that women’s rights are human rights. Protesters are calling for racial and gender equality, affordable health care and abortion rights - issues they fear will be under threat during the Trump presidency.
Photos: Women's March Around the World

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Women's March participants in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo: B. Allen / VOA)

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Participants in the Women's March in Nairobi's Karura forest in Kenya, Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo: J.Craig/VOA)

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A participant in the Women's march through Nairobi's Karura forest wears a t-shirt that says "this is what feminist looks like", in Kenya, Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo: J.Craig/VOA)

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Demonstrators take part in the Women's March on London, following the Inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, in London, Jan. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)