Hundreds took to the streets of Nottingham to “stand up” against Trump coming into power as they raised concerns about the impact on women’s rights.
As Trump prepares to take office today, thousands of people across the UK chose to form a “united front”.
Nottingham’s march on Saturday, 18th January, saw hundreds meet at St Peter’s Square as part of a nationwide effort to support women, dubbed ‘Women’s March 2025’.
As well as concerns over a second Trump presidency, the marchers were also standing up to comments made closer to home by Nigel Farage regarding reproductive rights.
Ellii Lowin, the lead organiser of Nottingham’s march, said: “This march is reactive off the back of Donald Trump coming into power.
“We are standing up as a united front.
“It’s easy to be passive but you can’t ignore a big group of women.”
Trump appointed three anti-abortion justices to the US Supreme Court during his last term, resulting in the overturning of ‘Roe v Wade’ in June 2022, effectively ending the constitutional right to abortion in the United States.
Trump’s spokeswoman Danielle Alvarez said: “The notion that women need to be coddled and can’t be tough is a fake media narrative”.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said in November 2024 that Parliament should debate imposing stricter limits on abortion for women, saying the current timeline may need to be shortened.
The march finished in Sneinton with a range of guest speakers including Rukshana Ismail, the CEO of the Nottinghamshire Domestic Abuse Service, and poet Kate McAlister.
Nottingham City Council member, Shuguftah Quddoos, spoke at this weekend’s march and said: “Representation without solidarity is hollow.
“Last year’s budget meant 500 people were going to lose their jobs and most of these people would be women
“However, here in Nottingham we have over 20 women who are elected as councillors, so we are a very diverse city council.”
Over 200 people attended the march, including workers from the nationwide organisation Refuge, which primarily supports women and children who experience abuse and provides vital community services to them.
Katie, 21, Annemarie, 43, and Leonie, 38, attended the march on behalf of Refuge and Katie said: “It’s a massive part of our jobs ending violence against women and girls so we feel like we need top come along and do our part as well.
“We want to educate people and have everyone’s voices heard, especially women and children.”
The marches took place across the UK in all major cities including London, Manchester and Edinburgh with the main purpose “to get women’s voices heard”.
