Our country is facing a national emergency: one measured in the lives of women who are silenced, dismissed and murdered.
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Despite setbacks, including supermarkets refusing to donate supplies and the police saying that hosting the rally by the ANZAC memorial was ‘disrespectful’, the rally was a powerful and heartbreaking tribute to the women behind the statistics, and an important reminder to say their names.
While many Australians consider honour killings a distant abomination, the shame-based ideology and gendered power dynamics behind them are still prevalent.
Demonstrators marched to Hyde Park, posters and signs in hand, chanting for an end to violence committed by men, including sexual violence.
