Young people need to be educated if real change is to be made to tackle violence against women and girls according to the Mayor of Liverpool.
At the end of February, the second year of a campaign to increase women’s safety, particularly around the transport network, was rolled out across the whole of Merseyside. Following on from the success of the first phase of the project in Liverpool city centre last year, the Safer Streets campaign has been expanded to increase efforts to tackle Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) and improve women’s feelings of safety across the region.
The campaign was developed following a survey, run by Merseyside’s Police and Commissioner (PCC), Emily Spurrell, which showed 54% of women felt unsafe using public transport in Merseyside at night and nearly 42% had concerns about using it in the day.
