When Is The Next Women's March? 'A Day Without A Woman' Strike Scheduled For March

Hundreds of thousands of women from all over the U.S. gathered together for the Women’s March on Washington back in January, and the organizers of that same successful march plan to do it all over again during a strike they’re calling "A Day Without A Woman.” The general strike was announced Tuesday on the Women’s March social media accounts.

The specifics of the strike have yet to be detailed, but it is expected to target local and statewide businesses. The event will be held on March 8.

“In the spirit of women and their allies coming together for love and liberation, we offer A Day Without A Woman. We ask: do businesses support our communities, or do they drain our communities? Do they strive for gender equity or do they support the policies and leaders that perpetuate oppression? Do they align with a sustainable environment or do they profit off destruction and steal the futures of our children?” read the statement. “We saw what happened when millions of us stood together in January, and now we know that our army of love greatly outnumbers the army of fear, greed and hatred. On March 8th, International Women’s Day, let’s unite again in our communities for A Day Without A Woman.”

The announcement said more information regarding the strike would be made public over the course of the next few weeks.

Although organizers only anticipated about 250,000 participants at the Women’s March on Washington, which was held one day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 21, crowd-scientists told New York Times at minimum there were 470,000 people near the National Mall during the protest while others estimated well over 500,000 attendees. The droves of protesters at the march in Washington, D.C. didn’t include the thousands of people who attended marches in several cities around the world. More than 1 million people reportedly attended global women’s marches held on the same day.