The 33-year-old marketing executive went missing on foot from Brixton’s home a week ago
The disappearance and possible death of a 33-year-old London resident on her way home has rekindled the voices of women in the United Kingdom who have shared hundreds of experiences of harassment and threats by men on social media.
A young marketing executive, Sarah Everard, was visiting with some friends in Clapham, South London, and returning to her home in Brixton, about 50 minutes on foot, when she went missing at 9:30 pm on 3 March.
To join this uproar, an elite London police officer charged with protecting diplomatic delegations was arrested as a suspected killer and human remains were found, which are being analyzed.
The police officer is also suspected of acts of sexual performance.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “shocked” by Everard’s disappearance, as was the case in the rest of the country, where the case sparked a wave of reactions on social media from women identifying with the 33-year-old.
A YouGov survey for the United Nations Women’s UK revealed the magnitude of the problem: 80omenwomen reported all ages of harassment in public places, and 97 women 18 to 24 years of age reported sexual abuse.
“it’s not your fault”
Claire Barnett, executive director of the United Nations Women in the United Kingdom, called the situation a real “human rights crisis”.
“To say that solving this problem is very difficult is not enough. We need to solve it now, ”he said, quoted by The Guardian newspaper.
London Police Chief Cressida Dick said that “fortunately kidnapping a woman on our streets is very rare”.
“But I fully understand that despite this, the women of London and the general public – especially those who live in the area where Sarah went missing – are concerned,” she admitted on Wednesday, in the area Announces additional patrol.
The debate sparked calls to stop blaming women and educate men instead.
“To all the women who send text messages to their friends saying that they are well at home, that they wear flat shoes at night, if they are able to run when they need to, they can Get ready to use the keys in your hands. It’s not their fault, “director of human rights NGO Reprieve, Anna Yearly.
“They tell us girls: ‘Don’t wear anything less’ (…), ‘Don’t be drunk, you’ll be very weak’ (…). How long have we not let boys and men attack women Going to start doing? ”Asked British Labor MP Alex Davis-Jones on Twitter.
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