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The Women’s March Foundation — a Los Angeles-based activist group — is planning a protest for International Women’s Day Saturday.
The event is anticipated to begin with a rally at 532 S. Olive St. in Pershing Square, starting 10 a.m. on March 8. Attendees are then expected to march towards L.A. City Hall.
Organizers aim to protest what they describe as the Trump administration’s “war against women driven by the Project 2025 Playbook,” referring to a set of far-right policies recommended by the conservative Heritage Foundation.
“Our policy demand is to get back our reproductive rights, equal pay for equal work,” Women’s March Foundation founder Emiliana Guereca told the Los Angeles Post. She indicated the organizers aim to support abortion rights and workplace protections, among other issues.
Immigration and labour issues are a priority for the organization. “Immigrant women in Los Angeles are afraid currently to go out to work, to take our kids to school,” Guereca said. She characterized Republican-led attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion programs as making women more likely to face employment discrimination.
“International Women’s Day started in 1857 with demands for better working conditions in textile factories,” said Guereca. She intends for Saturday’s march to uphold this long-running cooperation between the feminist and labour movements.
The Women’s March Foundation emerged from the L.A. branch of the 2017 Women’s March, which took place after President Donald Trump’s first inauguration. Other events under the same name were held in numerous locations around the world. A flagship demonstration in Washington, D.C drew an estimated 200,000 people.
The 2017 event, organizers claimed, was not specifically targeted at Trump. Instead, it was a response to a broader perceived erosion of the rights of women, immigrants, and LGBTQ individuals.
When asked about her organization’s plans for the future, Guereca said there are a number of events in the works. “Women have never been given a single right. Every single right has been fought for. We’ve got to stay loud.”
