At Least Four Participants in the ‘We Demand the Night’ Campaign Against the Insecurity of Women Are Reporting Sexual Harassment. Duration Bike Rides on Saturday Night to Sunday, WERE WERE INAPPRORIATELY TOUCHED AND Verbally Abused in Several Cities.
The Campaign was organized by the Dolle Mina’s and is Receiving a Lot Of Attention, Partly Due to The Death of Seventeen-Year-Old Lisa From Abcoude. In Twenty Locations, Both Men and Women Gathered to Draw Attention to the Insecurity of Women On The Streets.
Among Others, A Participant From Utrecht Went to the Police Because She was surrounded and a tricycle was kicked. Someone in Maastricht also Filed A Report. The Spokesperson for the Limburg Dolle Mina’s Could Not Say Exactly What For.
However, in Maastricht, Reports have Been Received from Women who Have Been “Surrounded, Touched, Assaulted, Spat at, Verbally ABUUSED, Shouted at and Stalked,” The Limburg Branch Shares on Instagram.
In at Least Eight Other Cities, Reports Have Been Received of Sexual Harassment and Other Unwanted Behavior by Mainly Men. This Concerns at Least Eindhoven, Leiden, Amersfoort, Zwolle, Groningen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Houten. For example, in Groningen, a woman was simply kissed on the mouth by a man.
Accordance to Nynke van Zwol, The Spokesperson for the National and Amsterdam Branch of the Dolle Mina’s, Things also Got Intense in Eindhoven. For example, Women Were Touched While the Protest March was blocked. The route of the protest March Has Therefore Been Adjusted.
‘This shows how big the problem is’
Reports were also recurred in Amersfoort or Women Being Harassed and Verbally ABUUSED. In Zwolle and Groningen, Misogynistic Slogans Were Heard. “It’s about Very Crude, Dirty and Transgressive Language,” Says van Zwol.
She calls the incidents “Incomprehensible and terrible”. “But on the other hand, it shows how big the problem is. This is Exactly Why We Are Carrying Out This Action.” The National Branch Of The Dolle Mina’s is Investigating Whether It is Possible to File a Group Report of the Incidents.