Reclaim the Night (RTN) is a global women’s protest against men’s sexual violence that was started in Australia in 1978.
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It is about drawing people together from diverse backgrounds to collaboratively address issues of sexual violence and abuse against women and children.
On Friday, October 26, Coffs Harbour women and their friends from all around are holding a march.
It will start from the oval behind the Pier Hotel in Camperdown St at 5.30pm with a Welcome to Country by Aunty Jenny Skinner (2018 winner of the Aunty Grace Roberts Community Development Award).
The march will then set off with banners flying and accompanied by musicians, along the Jetty strip crossing to the Twilight Food Market. Once there, a couple of guests will speak to the gathered crowd, letting everyone know what is going on and why, as well as local initiatives women can reach out to.
There will also be a stall selling special event T-Shirts and handing out information.
According to the NSW Bureau of Crime statistics and Research 91 per cent of sexual assault victims are women ... one in three girls and one in eight boys will experience some form of sexual abuse before the age of 18.
- NSW Bureau of Crime statistics and Research
Everyone is welcome! This is a family-friendly event where children, women and men join together against the sexual violence towards women and children in our community as well as nationally and globally.
For further information please contact Celeste Abell on 0447 042 658 or celeste.abell@warrina.org.au
