MILLION WOMEN RISE: Saturday 5th March 2022
MARCH ROUTE AND TIMES
Every Sister Bring A Sister!
- WHEN: Saturday 5th March 2022
- TIME of March: Meet from 12.30pm and set off at 1.15pm
- WHERE: Meet Agar Street WC2 (Outside Charing Cross Police Station )
- ACCESS BUS: Will be at Chandos Place connected to Agar Street WC2
- HOW: March to OUTSIDE New Scotland Yard, Victoria Embankment.
- A friendly ACCESS BUS will be available within the march for you to access whenever you want
- RALLY: OUTSIDE New Scotland Yard, Victoria Embankment, Sw1A 2JL : from 2.30 to 4.30pm
- BSL interpreters will be available for the entire rally.
- WHO: All Girls, Women, and their children who want an end to male violence against women and girls in all its forms!
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Together we can end male violence against women and girls
We know that on these islands (the ‘UK’) over 100 of us…women and girls…are killed every year by men.
We are often killed by men that are known to us.
We also know that many more of us die as a result of men’s violence. We die through health problems, suicide…and more.
We may truly never know how many of us have died.
At this years Million Women Rise March we want to make sure that women and girls who have been killed are remembered.
We will not be silenced! We will not be forgotten!
At the march we ask women to wear something red – the colour of our blood, the blood of our sisters who have been murdered and raped at the hands of male violence. Red is the colour of women’s power, strength, rebellion and determination as well as passion, fire and love.
Male violence against women and girls is both endemic and systemic. It is a constant daily experience for women: from street harassment, poor access to women’s reproductive health services and abortion, domestic violence and rape. From the Democratic Republic of Congo to Colombia to Libya, sexualised violence has been used to punish, terrorise and exact ‘revenge’ on communities in wars which are supported and created by capitalist demands for resources; whether this be conflict diamonds, mineral wealth as seen in the DRC, or simply land. Women’s bodies bear the brunt of male aggression and capitalist greed. Male violence kills, tortures and maims millions of women across the world every day.
This is the reality of male violence against women and girls in the UK:
A woman’s right to live free from violence and/or the fear of violence has not been achieved. Women continue to be attacked, exploited, and violated in many different ways, in our homes, on our streets, on our public transport, at our places of work. More than ever, we need to gather as a critical mass.
We need to be strong together and in large numbers. Solidarity is strength; the voices of many are louder together than a single voice.
Women be ready… get ready… stay ready for the next critical mass.
We will not be silenced.
Together we can end male violence against women and girls
We know that on these islands (the ‘UK’) over 100 of us…women and girls…are killed every year by men.
We are often killed by men that are known to us.
We also know that many more of us die as a result of men’s violence. We die through health problems, suicide…and more.
We may truly never know how many of us have died.
At this years Million Women Rise March we want to make sure that women and girls who have been killed are remembered.
We will not be silenced! We will not be forgotten!
At the march we ask women to wear something red – the colour of our blood, the blood of our sisters who have been murdered and raped at the hands of male violence. Red is the colour of women’s power, strength, rebellion and determination as well as passion, fire and love.
Male violence against women and girls is both endemic and systemic. It is a constant daily experience for women: from street harassment, poor access to women’s reproductive health services and abortion, domestic violence and rape. From the Democratic Republic of Congo to Colombia to Libya, sexualised violence has been used to punish, terrorise and exact ‘revenge’ on communities in wars which are supported and created by capitalist demands for resources; whether this be conflict diamonds, mineral wealth as seen in the DRC, or simply land. Women’s bodies bear the brunt of male aggression and capitalist greed. Male violence kills, tortures and maims millions of women across the world every day.
This is the reality of male violence against women and girls in the UK:
- One woman in four will experience domestic violence at some point in her life.
- Domestic violence has more repeat victims than any other crime (on average there will have been 35 assaults before a victim calls the police).
- Two women are murdered every week by their partner or ex-partner.
- One incident of domestic violence is reported to the police every minute.
- One woman in four will experience sexual assault as an adult.
- Only 5% of rapes reported to the police result in the perpetrator being convicted in court.
- Women are more worried about rape than any other crime.
- 250 cases of forced marriage are reported each year.
- Up to 1,420 women per year are trafficked into the UK for sexual exploitation
- One woman a month is murdered in the name of ‘so called’ honour.
- Nearly 90% of local authorities do not have a rape crisis centre.
- More than 20,000 girls could be at risk of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the UK.
A woman’s right to live free from violence and/or the fear of violence has not been achieved. Women continue to be attacked, exploited, and violated in many different ways, in our homes, on our streets, on our public transport, at our places of work. More than ever, we need to gather as a critical mass.
We need to be strong together and in large numbers. Solidarity is strength; the voices of many are louder together than a single voice.
Women be ready… get ready… stay ready for the next critical mass.
We will not be silenced.
Together we can end male violence against women and girls
