Institutional misogyny, indifference to sexual violence and officers’ contempt for survivors are killing women.
![Well-wishers, one with a placard that reads 'How many more?', gather at a vigil in honour of murder victim Sarah Everard, in Clapham, south London, England on March 13, 2021 [Justin Tallis/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/000_94X68F.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Marienna Pope-Weidemann is a social justice journalist, writer and campaigner. She leads the Justice for Gaia campaign, which advocates for survivors'... rights.
Institutional misogyny, indifference to sexual violence and officers’ contempt for survivors are killing women.
![Well-wishers, one with a placard that reads 'How many more?', gather at a vigil in honour of murder victim Sarah Everard, in Clapham, south London, England on March 13, 2021 [Justin Tallis/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/000_94X68F.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
None of us has the luxury to watch this struggle from afar any more – this is a fight for our lives.
![Floral tributes left at Clapham Common bandstand where people continue to pay their respects to Sarah Everard on March 16, 2021 in London, England. [Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GettyImages-1231748887.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The government has shown time and again that it will not lead that change, so we must.
![Well-wishers turn on their phone torches as they gather at a band-stand where a planned vigil in honour of murder victim Sarah Everard was cancelled after police outlawed it due to COVID-19 restrictions, on Clapham Common, south London on March 13, 2021 [Justin Tallis/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/000_94X4XX.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)