International Women's Day: Gemma Arterton, Annie Lennox and Paloma Faith join protest march through London

Feminists including Gemma Arterton, Annie Lennox and Paloma Faith are marching through London to demand equality for women.

The protest, organised to coincide with International Women’s Day, began at City Hall and will finish at the Royal Festival Hall.

Dr Helen Pankhurst, granddaughter of Suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, and her 20-year-old great granddaughter Laura also joined the march.

Many members of the crowd wore Suffragette style costume in tribute and carried banners.

Dr Pankhurst said: "The Suffragettes of old would say that the vote was only ever the beginning.

"If they were alive today, they would be outraged by the myriad of injustices faced by women and girls around the world."

Celebrity marchers: Annie Lennox with a banner (Picture: PA)

 

Protesters carried banners with slogans calling for equal representation of men and women in Parliament.

Faith told the crowd gathered outside the Royal Festival Hall that her mother considered being at the march more of an achievement than her gong for best British female at the Brit awards.

The 33-year-old later told reporters: "It goes to show how important it is that women stand together and fight for each other's rights.