“Reclaim the Night” -Women March Against Violence in Adelaide
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On Friday 26th October 2007, Around six hundred women walked up King William Street in Adelaide, Australia, to campaign for safety. “Reclaim the Night” is the slogan for a movement aiming to bring about a world in which women can move about freely during the night-time without fear of violence.
Banging drums and blowing whistles, the group moved along Adelaide’s main arterial street about 7:30pm on Friday night. They carried banners calling for “Strength, power and respect, “Women’s Studies at Tafe” amongst other organisational banners for the National Council of Women, YWCA and SA Trade Union Choir.
Faced with such a noisy party, I decided to ask the marchers what all the fuss was about:
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Well done, women of Adelaide. Perhaps other places should copy - Newcastle, London, Liverpool etc spring to mind.