Back in late-2016 Paris streets got filled with thousands of pro-womenʼs rights demonstrators (both men and women marched together that day). The crowd carried eye-catching purple-colored signs that spoke against gender-based abuse and supported womens reproductive freedoms
The protest happened in many french cities at once: people showed up in huge numbers to make their voices heard. Many protesters felt worried about future of womens rights after Donald Trump won US elections - they thought his victory might affect rights worldwide
The march also showed strong backing for Gisèle Pélicot whose shocking court case made headlines; her ex-husband and many other men faced rape charges while she was drugged and not conscious. This trial brought up a lot of anger about sex crimes in France and made people take to streets to show support