am david the pros this is the creative good where we celebrate all things in creative commons today we're continuing our ten part series on though woman's march on washington which followed the end i've curation of president trump in the united states of america this took place january twenty one two thousand and seventeen it was a phenomenal event something like that had never happened before in the history of the world so many people spontaneously marched world wide and today we're going to take a look at what happened in the u s in different cities and internationally this is going to be phenomenal now we have some episodes coming up where we just do canada where we just do paris france and where we do some of the real you know smaller places like grand rapids michigan but in this episode we're going to give you a smattering of worldwide events happening during the woman's march this is amazing that this happened you read the stats at the opening of the show didn't you if not back this thing up and read them they are amazing and you'll understand why i'm saying this is unlike anything that it's ever happened in the history of the world so here we go i want to share with you a phenomena and event history and you're going to be transported all over the world here we go  was protest just the rhetoric used during the election cycle held rallies across world in support of the women's march on washington while many of the rallies were held in major cities nearly five hundred marchers walked through armel meyer has more from this weekend's events event drew a much larger turnout than expected and it is amazing pam organizers of that because she wanted those who are unable to travel to d c or other major cities like minneapolis to be able to participate so remote in the other areas and i feel like we need to band together band together against messages of intolerance generation they deserve to have respect they should be strong but what started as a march for women's rights soon turned into much more than that for some this was a time to speak out for other this country should feel that they have just as much right to their life as anyone else in the mire lakeland news according to the woman's march officials over half a million people attended the march in washington d c if you've enjoyed this segment of likely news please consider making a tax deductible contribution to lakeland public television and i'm here today is to march for real reproductive rights and free space on demand and without apologies because i'm more than a uterus i'm more than a walking to better i do their human right i'm here because i feel that women deserve to be treated like human beings i feel that if this was a would be having this conversation where i today because i think it's really important to keep this issue on the table young women are coming out in force and saying that this is an issue that's important to them and this is my daughter out i mean here in the second annual march for choice for me being pro choice is about compassion and respect respect for the reproductive rights of women and the right to make decisions about their own b why we set up this organization the abortion support network and i say that's a stupid question the question is why in two thousand and thirteen in the european union in the western world do we have to do this work do we have to be here on the streets of dublin asking