A huge crowd turned out on the National Mall of the U.S. capital for a "Women's March On Washington" in protest at new President Donald Trump.

Live Blog: Women's March On Washington

January 21, 2017 11:00 CET

Follow the latest developments as women hold human rights rallies in Washington and hundreds of cities around the globe.

Final Synopsis

-- Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to streets in cities across the world on January 21 to show solidarity for a Washington D.C. protest dubbed as the "Women's March" against newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump.

-- The streets were so packed at the main march in Washington, D.C., that it had to be rerouted. One organizer told the crowd that an estimated 500,000 people had assembled for the event, although that claim was not independently confirmed.

-- The event's organizers say they wanted to send a message to "to the world that women's rights are human rights"

-- Besides promoting equal rights for women, the marchers also want to defend marginalized groups, including people of color, ethnic and religious minorities, people with disabilities, and the LGBT community.

-- The organizers said such groups had been "insulted, demonized, and threatened" in the U.S. election cycle that brought Trump to power.

* NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Washington DC (GMT/UTC -5)

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Why We Knit:

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Why We March (abroad):

A selection of quotes gathered by Reuters from the march in Sydney:

"So the message today is not just to [U.S. President Donald] Trump. The message today is to all the regressive, political agendas around the globe, including those in Australia, that we are not going to be silenced while there is still bigotry, and sexism, and racism, that's part and parcel in national policy. So, this isn't just, this is not an anti-Trump march per se, this is a pro-equality march and a pro-human rights march."

-- event organizer Mindy Freiband

"Look really, it's a protest against misogyny, it's a protest against the rise of fascism in Western politics. It's a protest, you know, we a protesting for inclusiveness and equality, and that's really what today is all about."

-- protester Helen Jovanovic

"We want to send the sign to the women in the United States that we are all in this together."

-- protester Stef Voft

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Live footage of the march in Paris...

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Here's a live stream of various rallies around the world from the Women's March on Washington's Facebook page:

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Here's Piers Morgan's distinctive take on things:

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