Some details from the webpage:
join the 10 000 women and children from across the UK (and Germany!) outside Selfridges on Oxford Street at 12 noon as they march across London to raise awareness of male violence. The march ends at Trafalgar Square at 3 where a mass rally will take place with amazing women speakers.
We will not be silenced.
And further details about what they stand for:
*Million Women Rise (MWR) believes that male violence against women and children is a global pandemic. Violence devastates the lives of women, our families, and our communities. It also threatens to undermine efforts to bring about sustainable development. Therefore our campaign to end violence against women is an international struggle for female emancipation and liberty.
This year saw the 10 year anniversary of Million Women Rise. A woman’s right to live free from violence and/or the fear of violence has not been achieved. Women continue to be attacked, exploited, and violated in many different ways, in our homes, on our streets, on our public transport, at our places of work. More than ever, we need to gather as a critical mass. Women be ready... get ready... stay ready for the next critical mass on the 10th March 2018
Male violence against women and girls is both endemic and systemic. It is a constant daily experience for women: from street harassment, poor access to women’s reproductive health services and abortion, domestic violence and rape. From the Democratic Republic of Congo to Colombia to Libya, sexualised violencehas been used to punish, terrorise and exact ‘revenge’ on communities in wars which are supported and created by capitalist demands for resources; whether this be conflict diamonds, mineral wealth as seen in the DRC, or simply land. Women’s bodies bear the brunt of male aggression and capitalist greed. Male violence kills, tortures and maims millions of women across the world every day.
This is the reality of male violence against women and girls in the UK:
One woman in four will experience domestic violence at some point in her life.
Domestic violence has more repeat victims than any other crime (on average there will have been 35 assaults before a victim calls the police).
Two women are murdered every week by their partner or ex-partner.
One incident of domestic violence is reported to the police every minute.
One woman in four will experience sexual assault as an adult.
Only 5% of rapes reported to the police result in the perpetrator being convicted in court.
Women are more worried about rape than any other crime.
250 cases of forced marriage are reported each year.
Up to 1,420 women per year are trafficked into the UK for sexual exploitation
One woman a month is murdered in the name of ‘so called’ honour.
Nearly 90% of local authorities do not have a rape crisis centre.
More than 20,000 girls could be at risk of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the UK*