Women’s march: Thousands protest against Donald Trump’s ‘racism’ and ‘misogyny’

Thousands of protesters have turned out in cities across the US and beyond to mark Donald Trump’s first anniversary by demanding equal rights for women and denouncing misogyny and racism.

From Washington DC to Chicago and from California to Japan, crowds of women and their supporters turned out, seeking to channel activism into political change as America looks ahead to crucial midterm elections in November.

“He refuses to cooperate with us,” said one protester, Terri Parsons from Winslow, Arizona, who travelled to the nation’s capital to demonstrate against what she termed Mr Trump’s regressive views. “I think he wants to take us back to the 1950s.”