An emergency number created to support women who feel unsafe when walking alone has reportedly been scrapped 😒
, a 33-year-old marketing executive who was kidnapped by the then-serving police officer in March 2021.
it as “innovative” – many women's rights campaigners argued the potential new emergency number was a waste of time and resources used to distract from the systemic nature of male violence against women and girls.
She adds, “It was never really a possibility and fiscally made no sense. Since the so-called watershed moment of Sarah’s murder, the government and police have done nothing to make our lives safer.
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