Why we still need to make the world a safer place for women and girls

Why we still need to make the world a safer place for women and girls

In early March 2021, The World Health Organisation published a report saying that 1 in 3 women globally have experienced physical and sexual violence in their lifetime. It’s worthwhile noting that the Office of National Statistics Crime Survey for England and Wales for the year ending March 2020 (which due to Covid-19 was the last…

Men Being Stalked

Men Being Stalked

Males being stalked. It’s not an expression you hear every day, or even occasionally. Maybe that’s the problem? By far the number of stalkers are men stalking women. That’s what you naturally think of when the word “stalking” is mentioned. But men being stalked exists, and year on year the number of men reporting being…

Stalking and Harassment

Stalking and Harassment

The Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns, it could be argued, accentuated the ‘community’ aspect of social media such as increased communication with people you couldn’t meet face to face, sharing experiences, posting videos, following exercise classes, taking up new hobbies or simply more online retail therapy. But for many women, instead of feeling safe in their own…

Spiked. Not stirred.

Spiked. Not stirred.

In case you had any doubt, spiking of drinks does take place. More often than you think, and it could happen to you! Spiking a drink is mostly associated with drugs (including some over-the-counter drugs) being slipped into someone’s drink. But spiking can also refer to alcohol being added to a non-alcoholic drink, or further…

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