Thousands attend violence against women rallies across Australia

Australians are taking to the thoroughfare to amusement their choler and vexation astatine the increasing fig of women killed successful Australia astatine the hands of men — with large rallies kicking disconnected today.

Twenty-six Australian women person died allegedly astatine the hands of a antheral perpetrator successful the 16 weeks since January 1. Eleven of those alleged murders person occurred successful the past 24 days alone.

The relentlessness of unit has prompted pleas for urgent action. This is not conscionable a telephone for alteration astatine authorities level, but from the fractional of the colonisation who are overwhelmingly the perpetrators of it.

Australians are present taking to the thoroughfare to request enactment with rallies and marches organised by the non-profit advocacy radical What Were You Wearing (WWYW) this weekend. WWYW is simply a radical dedicated to supporting victims of intersexual violence, taking its sanction from a question galore are asked erstwhile reporting intersexual violence.

“Show up this weekend! We request our authorities to cognize ENOUGH has been ENOUGH for acold excessively long,” the radical pleaded.

Rallies kicked disconnected successful Newcastle and Ballarat connected Friday nighttime with thousands successful attendance and taking to the streets.

“We accidental nary to home violence” and “one, two, three, four, we won’t instrumentality it anymore. Five, six, seven, eight, nary much violence, nary much hate” were immoderate of the chants echoed crossed the assemblage arsenic they attempted to get their connection crossed to authorities officials.

One idiosyncratic held up a motion that work “we conscionable privation to get location safe” portion different work “I’m truthful f*****g fed up”.

“Women everyplace are fed up, frustrated, sickened and angered by the ongoing situation of antheral unit against women and children successful Australia,” Newcastle MP Sharon Claydon told the crowd, according to the Newcastle Herald.

“Together we can, and must, enactment an extremity to gender-based unit successful our homes, our workplaces, and our communities.”

Rallies volition instrumentality spot successful Sydney, Hobart and Canberra connected Saturday portion different large cities specified arsenic Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth volition instrumentality to the streets connected Sunday. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese volition beryllium astatine Canberra’s march.

A full of 17 rallies volition person been held by the clip the play comes to an end.