Thousands rally against gender violence in Australia | REUTERS

no more violence no more thousands took to the streets in Sydney on Saturday urging tougher laws on gendered violence spurred by a wave of violence against women the government says a woman has been killed every four days this year six people including five women were killed in a mass stabbing in Sydney this month Australian prime minister Anthony albanesi called violence against women an epidemic on Saturday as protests took place in cities across the country this demonstrator in Sydney gave her name as Natalie I think the government needs to declare this devastating thing that's happening to women as a National Emergency enough women have died 26 and it's just it's really really upsetting I think it's we're human we shouldn't be getting killed former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull also turned out we really have to make sure that that men respect women and that men do not respect other men who disrespect women so there's a huge role in this for men they're not just the perpet Traders they are also the friends and relatives employers employees colleagues of men who commit these crimes and they have to be held to account similar protests were scheduled across the country through the weekend with albanesi saying he'd join a rally in Cambra every single day

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Published: Sat Apr 27 2024