August 23
Hello and thank you all for coming to join us this evening. We meet here on the first Monday of every month to remember the UK women who have been killed by men. This is the 24 th time we’ve met now, nearly two years where 3 women a week have been murdered by men, nothing has changed in the numbers being reported and nothing has changed in the way they are reported or the seriousness that is attributed to the situation by politicians. That makes me sad and frankly more than a little bit angry… Last month we heard from Polly Newall’s report how m any aspects of society in the UK are still very much organised around the principles of patriarchy where men hold most of the power and where women are disadvantaged and denied equality with men. Amongst other things, she said, this sends the message that women are less valuable or important than men and boys, whether in the home, in the workplace, or in wider society I’m going to tell you about my afternoon yes