Each woman killed is too many women lost to male violence.
Hannah Mackenzie
Many of these tragedies take place behind closed doors, which is terrifying. And while police try to reassure us by saying murder or abduction from a public place is rare, the string of women murdered when they were just walking home feels increasingly regular.in our local neighbourhood in March 2021 was what prompted me and other women in Clapham Common to start Reclaim These Streets and organise a vigil.
Since her death, the list of women killed in public spaces has kept growing longer – Julia James, Maria Jane Rawlings, Sabina Nessa. And whether or not the worst happens on our own walks home, women are always afraid that something might. Every woman I know has experienced street harassment, or been followed home, keys clutched between fingers. We’ve all asked our friends to text us when they get home.
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