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| Women’s March Returns a Year Later, as Movement Evolves | Women’s March Returns a Year Later, as Movement Evolves |
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| The Women’s March is back. A year after women took to the streets en masse to protest President Trump’s inauguration, marchers will be gathering again this weekend in hundreds of cities across the country and the world, as they build on a movement that has only grown in its ambition. | The Women’s March is back. A year after women took to the streets en masse to protest President Trump’s inauguration, marchers will be gathering again this weekend in hundreds of cities across the country and the world, as they build on a movement that has only grown in its ambition. |
| A deluge of revelations about powerful men abusing women, leading to the #MeToo moment, has galvanized activists to demand deeper social and political change. And in the United States, progressive women are eager to translate their enthusiasm into electoral victories in this year’s midterm elections. | |
| Here’s what we’re watching: | Here’s what we’re watching: |
| • Demonstrations are planned on Saturday in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Rome and hundreds of other cities and towns. | • Demonstrations are planned on Saturday in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Rome and hundreds of other cities and towns. |
| •New York participants will gather at 11 a.m. at 71st Street and Columbus Avenue. In Washington, they will assemble at 11 a.m. in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The Los Angeles rally will begin at 8:30 a.m. Pacific time in Pershing Square. | |
| • We will be tracking the events and talking with women about what’s brought them out and their hopes for 2018. | • We will be tracking the events and talking with women about what’s brought them out and their hopes for 2018. |
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| The movement has sustained a high level of energy in the last year. But a rift has also emerged between two groups: the high-profile organization that put on the Women’s March in Washington last January and another group of activists called March On that is focused on electing more Democrats. | The movement has sustained a high level of energy in the last year. But a rift has also emerged between two groups: the high-profile organization that put on the Women’s March in Washington last January and another group of activists called March On that is focused on electing more Democrats. |
| Many activists said they are not aware of the separate groups and are eager for support from both. Read about how the split happened. | Many activists said they are not aware of the separate groups and are eager for support from both. Read about how the split happened. |
| Katherine Siemionko, founder of the Women’s March Alliance, the nonprofit that organized the New York City rally, said she hoped to energize fellow activists for the pivotal election year. | Katherine Siemionko, founder of the Women’s March Alliance, the nonprofit that organized the New York City rally, said she hoped to energize fellow activists for the pivotal election year. |
| “Last year was about women standing together and realizing that they’re not alone,” she said. “The message this year is marching to action: March, register, vote. You’re marching, making sure you’re registered to vote, and getting to the polls.” | “Last year was about women standing together and realizing that they’re not alone,” she said. “The message this year is marching to action: March, register, vote. You’re marching, making sure you’re registered to vote, and getting to the polls.” |
| Read about why New York participants say they’re marching. | Read about why New York participants say they’re marching. |
| Thousands of anti-abortion marchers gathered on the National Mall on Friday, capping off a year in which the president has used his executive powers to curtail abortion rights. | |
| Mr. Trump addressed the march from the White House in a live broadcast to the Mall. | |
| “We are with you all the way,” he said from the Rose Garden. | |
| Read more about how the anti-abortion movement has embraced the president and his policies. |