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RECLAIM THE NIGHT MARCH - RALLY AND ENTERTAINMENT - PERTH

From the Newswire: RECLAIM THE NIGHT MARCH, RALLY AND ENTERTAINMENT - Friday 30 October 2009 This Friday night, Perth women and children will reclaim the city streets at the annual Reclaim the Night event where women will protest for their right to walk at night, free from the threat of rape and sexual violence. ROAR feminist collective are encouraging women to come out onto the streets to demand their right to safety at night and in public spaces. "We demand that men within our community start taking responsibility for ending this violent culture which sees women regularly sexually harassed, sexually assault. We demand an end to behaviour which inflicts fear and imposes a psychological curfew on women after dark. We will continue to demand this until the violence stops." The march and rally are for women and children only. This policy was not made with intention of excluding men, but rather to ensure the inclusion of ALL women. READ MORE/Comment...

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