Ep 484 Sarah Everard: how can the world be safer for women?

The murder of 33-year-old Sarah Everard in London prompted thousands of women to share stories about fearing for their personal safety and the modifications they make to their behaviour in order to feel safe. That collective trauma has spilled out on social media and elsewhere all over the world. On Tuesday, a socially distanced peaceful 'Reclaim the Streets' protest organised by ROSA was held in Dublin. Others are planned for Cork, Limerick and Galway today. In the latest issue of The Irish Times, the results of a survey carried out by Transport Infrastructure Ireland were published. It found that large numbers of Irish women fear for their safety using public transport, cycling or walking alone. The 'Travelling in a Woman’s Shoes' report also found that women felt “heavily responsible” for their own safety when travelling and there was “little focus” in society generally on the role men can play in ensuring their safety. The fact that women are fearful is not shocking to women, but it seems like the penny is still dropping on this issue for many men. On today’s podcast Róisín speaks to our three guests about how society can help women feel safer in the world.Guests: Founder of the Everyday Sexism project and author of books including Girl Up and Men Who Hate Women, Laura Bates, Ruth Coppinger, a former Solidarity TD and founding member of ROSA, a movement for reproductive justice in Ireland, and 22-year-old NUI Galway student Anna Golden, who is a member of Plan International’s Irish and Global Youth Advisory Panel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.