reclaim the night

Monday 26th November

In pictures: Reclaim The Night 2007

Jessica Reed, 26 November 2007


Jessica Reed
Last Saturday hundreds of women took the streets of Soho, London, to demonstrate against sexual violence. You can view a flickR set of the night's pictures here.

The first march took place in 1977, and has been organised by the London Feminist Network since 2004. It reportedly had 1200 participants last year. Lacking the ability to accurately count the number of people in a crowd I wouldn't dare estimate how many women demonstrated this year, but the result was impressive (the streets surrounding Trafalgar Square and Soho were temporarily closed, dozens of police officers escorted the participants and dozens of curious bystanders took pictures with their cell phones).

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