I spoke in a Westminster Hall Debate on tackling violence against women in our city, focusing on the issue of harassment on public transport. More than half of women in London have experienced sexual harassment on buses, the tube or trains. That is simply...
The last year has been a worrying time for women’s rights around the world. The Republican-dominated Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs Wade in the USA last year was a reminder that we can never consider these truly safe from right-wing ideologues. This...
On the 4th March 2022, women in Lambeth came together to march in memory of Sarah Everard and mourn all the women lost to male violence. I was unable to attend but sent these words of support. More information about Walk Her Home Lambeth. I’m sorry I can’t be there...
This week, Labour held an opposition day on the issue of violence against women. There is a clear consensus that the Government must do more to tackle this issue. In the debate, I called on them to address institutional misogyny in policing, reverse cuts to specialist...
Eradicating violence against women will require social, political and cultural change. We need substantive action to address the deeper social causes and political failures that perpetuate it. Above all, we need to change the wider culture of misogyny that still...
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