This final week has been extremely troublesome for girls throughout the nation.
Along with our outpourings of assist for Sarah Everard’s household and pals, as girls, we have been sharing our personal near-misses and the sample of sexual harassment that happen in our on a regular basis lives.
Women needs to be protected and really feel protected to stroll the streets with out concern. Instead, this tragic loss, so near house, is reminding many of the risks girls face all too commonly.
As a society, we should do higher.
The vigil on Clapham Common was our probability to come back collectively and grieve the loss of Sarah’s life.
Our probability to mourn the lives of the girls misplaced to violence. And it was an opportunity to mourn our personal lived expertise.
After what was such a traumatic week, for girls to be silenced of their grief, ache, and solidarity was profoundly flawed.
I used to be moved to have a second of reflection this weekend, marked with the lighting of a single candle, and my coronary heart went out to all the girls, moms, and daughters who share this collective ache.
Many folks have shared their very own accounts publicly, however for many others, there are a lot of tales nonetheless untold. The impression that this weight has on us is exhausting and impacts our psychological well being.
It is significant that folks take observe and use our experiences to make actual change for girls – together with that psychological well being assist is out there each step of the manner.
Here in South London we stand up for the rights of all girls and ladies. I’m gathering girls’s tales on my web site, so please do share your individual.
I’ll learn each final one earlier than holding an occasion to look at the place we must go subsequent and what psychological well being assist have to be in place to assist girls every step of the manner.
Sarah is all of us. Women’s voices have to be heard.
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