Thousands of women braved the cold for the Women's march

But the text on the demonstrationsskyltarna was not just about gender issues, but also marked the against Trumpregeringens climate policy, the president's dream of a wall against Mexico and the svassande attitude towards Vladimir Putin.

Before this year kvinnomarsch have the initiators of the split in political dissension. One of the african american women in leadership has expressed support for Louis Farrakhan, an anti-semitic preacher and a prominent figure in the Nation of Islam.

have alienated leading jewish feminists from the group, and initiatives have been taken to separate kvinnodemonstrationer. A smaller group paraded past the freedom square with signs with the text: ”Jewish women marching for justice”.

the Fragmentation has been interpreted as a signal of the Democrats ' problem for the next choice: how will one of the opposition to all the desires and identities? But on the freedom square, there were also jewish women who have chosen to disregard the quarrel about Farrakhan. Sara Chaney, one of these, had traveled from California to participate in the march.

– It is important to show that we can unite for a greater thing, " said Chaney, who wore a t-shirt with the print ”optimist” under the jacket.

two university students, women from Cincinnati, Ohio, did not perceive utbrytarmarscherna as competitive activities but as a ”systerdemonstrationer”.

Brassell and Ahr have driven a car in eight hours in order to participate, an act of solidarity, they say. Many on the site say that the climate for women has become more threatening in the Trump. Taking a stand for feminism in the public sphere to get the counter-thrust in a completely different way than in the past.

– It happens to me all the time. On campus, in the grocery shop, on the networks. The mood in the U.S. is much more loaded than before, " says Lauren Ahr.

the Family Scott. Photo: Björn af Kleen

Scott has traveled from Forsyth, Georgia. Grandma Dorothy has knitted 32 pieces vaginamössor during the year, which they sell for a hundred dollars each. Dorothy's daughter, Angela, active in the democratic party sorority in Forsyth, explains that she got the stool slung on the plot when she took a position for kvinnosaksfrågor and against Trump.

"We are here because we are cursed," said Angela Scott.

Her daughter Olivia says that the mood in the country is scary.

– the Trump get people to feel that they can say anything. It was previously unthinkable is now the so-called omklädningsrumssnack and legitimate. He expressly says that he likes ignorant people. It is telling, says Olivia Scott.

care less about the disunity in the leadership.

– We ignore what is behind. We support all who come here, " says Angela Scott, and receives yet another tiodollarssedel in exchange for a pink beanie.

March has just begun and a third of the caps are already sold.

the Women's march in Stockholm: ”A world where women may take place will not by itself”