Council leader Bella Sankey says she “refuses to lead a city where the status quo is tolerated and accepted” and urged anyone with ideas on how to make Brighton and Hove safer for women and girls to attend a public consultation.
The session on January 29 at the Brighthelm Centre, in North Road, will explore how the city can become a safer place and help to develop a strategy for tackling violence against women and girls.
“In Brighton and Hove, like other parts of England, we have seen a huge rise in the number of recorded sexual offences. This is unacceptable, intolerable and must be tackled with urgency,” said Cllr Sankey.
“I refuse to lead a city where the status quo is tolerated or accepted. We want to develop an ambitious agenda that challenges the pervasive misogyny that undermines women’s rights and brings about meaningful change.
“There are some fantastic organisations in our city who are laser focused on ending violence against women and girls. We want to work with them and all our partners on this shared goal.”
The city council says it wants to learn from residents’ experiences, hear their ideas and turn them into action to help deliver the council plan for 2023 to 2027.
“Our Re-Imagine event is an opportunity for all members of our community to come together and share their ideas how we can reimagine a city that is safer for women and girls,” said Cllr Sankey.
“Your valuable ideas and experiences with then feed into the action plans in our developing draft violence against women and girls strategy.”
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The event will run from 6pm until 8pm.
It is the third in the Re-Imagine series following two previous sessions which explored tackling graffiti tagging and the cost of living crisis in the city.
The fourth session will discuss making Brighton and Hove healthier for all. The workshop is taking place from 6pm to 8pm on February 26 at the Patcham Community Centre, Ladies Mile Road, Brighton.
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