Sarah Everard
(Picture: Met Police)The anniversary of Sarah Everard’s murder at the hands of serving Met police officer Wayne Couzens is likely to be a painful one for Londoners, as people cast their minds back 12 months ago. What felt like a watershed moment for tackling misogyny and violence against women has become to feel like a missed opportunity for some, as we are yet to see the kind of societal changes needed.
“We are more aware of the scale of the problem. But in practical terms, measures to actually protect women, improve policing or tackle perpetrators are pretty thin on the ground,” says MP for Walthamstow Stella Creasy, a leading voice in the fight to see misogyny made a hate crime.
