What role did gender play within the 2016 election and what caused the Women\'s

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What role did gender play within the 2016 election and what caused the Women's March to develop? After reviewing the official Women's March website please address the following questions: What was the purpose of the Women's Marches in January 2017? What specific issues did they highlight? How did marchers counter gender roles and stereotypes? What is the current mission of the Women's March organization and what do they hope to accomplish going forward?

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All the women Presidential candidates be it; Hillary Clinton or Carly Fiorina faced the gender bias in their respective elections. According to research findings of Dr. Cecilia Hyunjung Mo; in order to succeed in an election female candidate, Hillary Clinton was required to be more qualified than her male opponents. Thus this time again like always voters had a hard time seeing women as the leader.

The purpose of the Women's March to January 2017 was to advocate legislation and policies regarding human rights which included rights to women, reforms in immigration, health care, promotion of reproductive rights, the natural environment, racial equality, freedom of religion, and workers' rights. Most of the rallies were addressed against Donald Trump’s, statements that he had made many of which were regarded as anti-women. The women rights marchers of Jan 2017 countered gender roles and stereotypes by calls for equal pay and the right of all workers irrespective of their gender.

"The Women's March on Washington was a women-led movement bringing together people from all walks of life and backgrounds in the nation’s capital as an affirmation of the nations shared humanity to pronounce the bold message of resistance and self-determination. Organizers hoped to bring together more than 100 different interest groups including:

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