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Being an ‘active bystander’ – what does it mean?
LYNNE WALSH attempts to unravel the latest advice from local authorities on tackling violence against women and girls
© Laura Dodsworth

WE have to call for an end to strangulation.

Let that sink in. As women and girls, we have to ask, pretty please, not to be strangled.

This is the world we inhabit, now. This is where that great capitalism-on-steroids, the porn industry, has brought us.

Liberation webinar, 30 November2024, 6pm (UK)
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