While the pandemic put a pause on London’s Take Back The Night march, it had no effect on the prevalence of sexual and intimate partner violence in our community.

Between 2023 and 2024, there were four femicides in London, said Jennifer Dunn, the executive director of the London Abused Women’s Centre.

“We have seen no decrease in sexual violence in our city in years,” she said, noting that services like hers and others supporting survivors are as busy as they’ve ever been.

That’s one of many reasons why organizations across the city have come together to revive Take Back The Night, believed to be the oldest worldwide movement to end sexual assault, rape, abuse, harassment and human trafficking.

“We have to keep up with some of these awareness-raising initiatives and this is exactly wha

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