Women's March 2019: Thousands across the US march for third year Women and supporters across the US

Women's March 2019: Thousands across the US march for third year

Women and supporters across the US march against Trump amid government shutdown and controversy within the movement.




Washington, DC - Sherry Cain, a 78-year-old Kentucky native, said she's lived a long time and has seen a lot of change in the world, "but never anything like this in our country".That's why she brought her family to Washington, DC on Saturday for the third annual Women's March. "I am just so fearful for their future if continue on this road," she told Al Jazeera, pointing to the government shutdown, US President Donald Trump's immigration policies and what she called the "abdication of Congress of their duties". "We have to do something," she said. Four generations of the Cain family - Sherry, her daughter, granddaughter and great grandson - joined thousands of women and their supporters who marched nationwide.

This year's march came against the backdrop of a partial government shutdown, now in its 29th day, that started after Trump refused to back down on his demand for more than $5bn in funding for a wall on the US southern border. The forecast of rain and snow in Washington, DC, on Saturday, combined with the National Park Service limited snow removal services due to the shutdown prompted DC organisers to change the route of the march, according to local media. Participants started at Freedom Plaza, a few blocks from the White House, instead of the National Mall, as initially planned.


Sherry Cain brought her daughters, granddaughter and great-grandson to the march [Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath/Al Jazeera]

Protesters marched past the Trump International Hotel chanting, "All for one and one for all, stop the shutdown, stop the wall." At one point, a woman released a Trump baby balloon into the air and the crowd started waving, cheering and yelling, "good-bye!" Some held signs that called for Trump to be impeached, others emphasised the need to believe survivors of sexual assault and rape, and many demanded an end to the shutdown.



"We are here to tell everybody ...that we're not going anywhere," said Chee, a member of the Window Rock Navajo Nation in Arizona. She told Al Jazeera she brought her four children with her to the march to give a voice to her brother, uncles and and murdered or missing indigenous people across North America."We are here to speak out for them, remember them and bring light on the issue that our relatives go missing and murdered all the time," she said Raquel Chee said she's march for all the indigenous people who have been murdered or gone missing
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This year's march came after a year of historic gains for women in politics in the US [Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath/Al Jazeera]



Thousands marched past the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, chanting 'stop the shutdown, stop the wall' [Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath/Al Jazeera]

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