Many women marched in London against male violence and rape, with hundreds of others joining them.
As they marched on Saturday night from Marble Arch to Golden Square of Piccadilly Circus, protestors held placards and chanted slogans.
Anneliese Dodds was Shadow Secretary for State for Women and Equalities and joined the demonstrators as she called on them to shut down the capital with a powerful speech through a megaphone.
The annual Reclaim The Night event featured a women’s-only march. It was first held in 1977 at the height the Yorkshire Ripper murders.
After a series of assaults on women who go to bed after darkness fell, the event took on new meaning.
They include Sarah Everard who was abducted by Wayne Couzens (Meterical Police Officer) as she walked back to Clapham in January.
Sabina Nada, 28 years old, was attacked and killed as she walked through Cator Park, Kidbrooke in September. It was another shocking crime that shocked the nation.
As they marched on Saturday night from Marble Arch to Golden Square of Piccadilly Circus, protestors held placards and chanted slogans
Signs holding up Marchers read: “Reclaim the Night” and “Blame The System, Not the Victim.”
Anneliese Dodds was the Shadow Secretary for State for Women and Equalities. She joined the demonstrators and urged them all to shut down the capital with a passionate speech over a megaphone
One sign from London Reclaim The Night marches: “I want the silence to be broken on this violence.”
Marchers wave placards that read ‘consent’ or ‘end violence against females’
Protestor raises sign that reads “Male violence, a man problem”
A sign that reads “Queers against racist, ableist and capitalist patriarchy” is another.
During the London Reclaim the Night, women carry placards! March on November 27,
Reclaim The Night London’s Saturday event for women features speakers by females
Marchers record speakers with their smartphones in central London during Saturday’s march
Reclaim The Night: One woman signs, “We will not be Silenced”.
Signs were held by women marching Saturday night that said: “When can I walk home?”
One stated, “We won’t be silenced”, while the other said, “Blame not the victim but the system.”
The march was not open to men, but they were allowed to participate in a vigil at Oxford Street for women who were killed by male violence.