CAMPAIGNERS will will join thousands of women to march against “politics of fear and division” - the day after Donald Trump is sworn in as president of the United States.

Around 20 members of the Worcestershire branch of the Women’s Equality Party (WEP) will take to the streets of London on Saturday, January 21, alongside around 14,000 other campaigners.

The Women’s March on London is just one of around 370 taking place around the world, with the largest planned for Washington D.C.

Worcestershire campaigners - both men and women - will travel to the capital from around the county for the event, which will finish with a rally in Trafalgar Square.

Leisa Taylor, county branch leader, says she is “excited” to join the march and is taking her nine-year-old daughter along to experience the day.

She said: “The results of the US election will have a massive impact on all our lives – including all of us who live in Worcester.

“We’re determined to stand strong in the face of racism, sexism, homophobia and all other kinds of discrimination and this is a real opportunity to show the world that tolerance and diversity at all levels is more important than ever.

“The politics of fear and division have no place in 2017.

“It is important that she [her daughter] sees that adults around her care about the world they are going to inherit.”

President elect Trump will be inaugurated on Friday, January 20, following a controversial election campaign during which he pledged to ban Muslim people from entering the US and to build a wall between the US and Mexico. His sexist remarks towards women have also been well-documented in the media.

However, the London march is not just a stand against Trump, it is also a reaction to other major political events such as BREXIT and the murder of the MP Jo Cox.

A statement on the Women’s March on London web page said: “We will march, wherever we march, for the protection of our fundamental rights and for the safeguarding of freedoms threatened by recent political events.

“We unite and stand together for the dignity and equality of all peoples, for the safety and health of our planet and for the strength of our vibrant and diverse communities.

“We will come together in the spirit of democracy, honouring the champions of human rights who have gone before us.

“Please spread the word, so that our numbers are too great to ignore and the message to the world is clear.”

The march is supported by groups including Amnesty International, Greenpeace and Pride London.