It was designed to be a protest in which women would deliberately take up physical space. The entitlement to space — physical and social — is something of an aberration when it comes to the female experience. The call for the occupation of night streets was intended to recognise the erasure of the physical presence of female and marginalised bodies from public spaces. The new set of guidelines also mandates that women work in pairs wherever possible, therefore restricting female movement. The fight to take up space and reclaim public spaces for women must therefore continue.

Source: The Telegraph October 07, 2024 02:26 UTC