Around 1,000 people gathered in Saskatoon on Saturday to walk in support of the Women’s March on Washington.

Thousands of women from around the world travelled to Washington, DC to march on the United States capital. For those who couldn’t make the journey, cities across the globe hosted marches to show their solidarity one day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Alice de Cloedt, an organizer of Saskatoon's event, said she realized there wasn’t a march in Saskatoon and thought it “needed to happen.”

“I’m mainly organizing it for my son,” she said. “So that as a young man growing up, he doesn’t feel that gender should imply how acts or how he feels, or what he’s expected to do.”

Marchers in Saskatoon said they wanted to show they will not tolerate discrimination and that they support anyone targeted by hatred in Canada and abroad.

“We’re trying to accomplish the idea that democracy doesn’t have to be behind closed doors,” de Cloedt said. “People can come out and take action just by marching and taking a walk together and showing solidarity.”

De Cloedt hopes the walk will raise awareness about issues of gender equality all across the province.

With files from CTV's Angelina Irinici