#womens-safety

#womens-safety

A man accused of murdering a 17-year-old social media influencer at her home in Pakistan after she repeatedly rejected his advances has been formally indicted. Sana Yousaf's murder in June this year drew nationwide condemnation and reignited debate over women's safety, after some online comments alongside condolences blamed her for her own death. The 22-year-old accused, Umar Hayat, also a TikTok influencer, pleaded not guilty in a court in the capital Islamabad on Saturday as the trial formally began.

I have a very strict mother. As a child, I was never allowed to sleep over at friends' houses or travel on the bus to and from school alone. I was always accompanied and had it drilled into me that there is safety in numbers because girls are not safe; women are not safe, alone. Never leave the pack, never wander off.

Our women, our daughters are scared to walk the streets, Tommy Robinson told tens of thousands of cheering supporters at last Saturday's unite the kingdom rally. Their safety has been taken from them, he said, his voice croaking from the strain of shouting into his microphone. Communities were crumbling, he added, at the hands of open border, mass uncontrolled immigration. The need to protect women and children from the threat posed by illegal immigration has this summer become an increasingly frequent rallying cry used by politicians on the right to justify a hardening anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Having lived in Delhi and now in Mumbai, I find Delhi streets are poorly lit and unsafe. I faced ogling, eve-teasing [public sexual harassment] and inappropriate touching on buses while I was a college student. Even in upscale areas, I was chased by drunk men. You are always on high alert, especially after 8:30 at night,

Looking behind, she noticed a cyclist following her and filming her backside with his smartphone. Gentsch confronted the man and forced him to delete the footage. She in turn took out her smartphone and filmed the perpetrator. Her own footage shows that this voyeur appears overwhelmed by her determination to hold him accountable. He stammers excuses and claims that "nothing happened," while ultimately blaming her. "Why are you wearing pants like that?"

Tim Dennehy, a 50-year-old man from Cork, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of assault against women, described as unprovoked and resulting in severe injuries.

Tea founder Sean Cook, a software engineer who previously worked at Salesforce and Shutterfly, says on the app's website that he founded the company in 2022 after witnessing his own mother's "terrifying" experiences. Cook said they included unknowingly dating men with criminal records and being "catfished" - deceived by men using false identities.

Mark Zuckerberg has grandly promised: In the metaverse, you'll be able to do almost anything you can imagine. It's the sort of promise that might sound intensely appealing to some men and terrifying to most women.

I want to share something serious with you, something that happened to me recently and that every woman needs to hear.