The Women's March on Washington is a women-led movement bringing together people of all genders,
ages, races, cultures, political affiliations and backgrounds in our nation’s capital on January 21, 2017,
to affirm our shared humanity and pronounce our bold message of resistance and self-determination.
Recognizing that women have intersecting identities and are therefore impacted by a multitude of social
justice and human rights issues, we have outlined a representative vision for a government that is based
on the principles of liberty and justice for all. As Dr. King said, “We cannot walk alone. And as we walk,
we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.”
Our liberation is bound in each other’s. The Women’s March on Washington includes leaders of
organizations and communities that have been building the foundation for social progress for
generations. We welcome vibrant collaboration and honor the legacy of the movements before us - the
suffragists and abolitionists, the Civil Rights Movement, the feminist movement, the American Indian
Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Marriage Equality, Black Lives Matter, and more – by employing a
decentralized, leader-full structure and focusing on an ambitious, fundamental and comprehensive
agenda.
● We believe that Women’s Rights are Human Rights and Human Rights are Women’s Rights.
This is the basic and original tenet from which all our values stem.
● We believe Gender Justice is Racial Justice is Economic Justice. We must create a society in
which all women—including Black women, Native women, poor women, immigrant women, Muslim
women, lesbian, queer and trans women—are free and able to care for and nurture their families,
however they are formed, in safe and healthy environments free from structural impediments.
● Women deserve to live full and healthy lives, free of violence against our bodies. One in three
women have been victims of some form of physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime;
and one in five women have been raped. Further, each year, thousands of women and girls, particularly
Black, indigenous and transgender women and girls, are kidnapped, trafficked, or murdered. We honor
the lives of those women who were taken before their time and we affirm that we work for a day when
all forms of violence against women are eliminated.
● We believe in accountability and justice for police brutality and ending racial profiling and
targeting of communities of color. Women of color are killed in police custody at greater rates than
white women, and are more likely to be sexually assaulted by police. We also call for an immediate end
to arming police with the military grade weapons and military tactics that are wreaking havoc on
communities of color. No woman or mother should have to fear that her loved ones will be harmed at
the hands of those sworn to protect. ● We believe in Reproductive Freedom. We do not accept any federal, state or local rollbacks, cuts
or restrictions on our ability to access quality reproductive healthcare services, birth control, HIV/AIDS
care and prevention, or medically accurate sexuality education. This means open access to safe, legal,
affordable abortion and birth control for all people, regardless of income, location or education. We
understand that we can only have reproductive justice when reproductive health care is accessible to all people regardless of income, location or education. ● We firmly declare that LGBTQIA Rights are Human Rights and that it is our obligation to uplift,
expand and protect the rights of our gay, lesbian, bi, queer, trans or gender non-conforming brothers,
sisters and siblings. This includes access to non-judgmental, comprehensive healthcare with no
exceptions or limitations; access to name and gender changes on identity documents; full antidiscrimination
protections; access to education, employment, housing and benefits; and an end to police
and state violence.
You can read the full platform here...
Shot on 35mm film January 21, 2016 in Portland, Oregon. An estimated crowd of 100,000 people marched in solidarity, in peace, and without any arrests.
35mm photos from January 15, 2016 of WMW PDX organizers meeting with the Portland Police Bureau.
