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"I think women are sick & tired of being on the defensive... enough is enough!"

Nearly 9 in 10 women feel uncomfortable walking alone after dark.   That is according to an exclu...

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13.37 20 Sep 2021


"I think women are sick & tired of being on the defensive... enough is enough!"


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13.37 20 Sep 2021


Nearly 9 in 10 women feel uncomfortable walking alone after dark.  

That is according to an exclusive Newstalk Breakfast survey of over 2,700 women.  

It also found that 13% of women say they have been attacked after dark, 60% have been verbally harassed and more than one in three of women say they have been followed while walking home 

Do you feel safe, as a woman, walking home alone? 

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