Call out the men who make our country a perilous place to be female

The scourge of GBV will only get worse until the men behind it accept they have to change their Neolithic attitudes

07 August 2022 - 00:04 By Sunday times Editorial

If you are a woman, you are not safe. Your life and your body can be taken by men who do not recognise your value as a human being, who do not think your pain matters, who treat you as some contemptible, disposable thing...

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