Institutional misogyny, indifference to sexual violence and officers’ contempt for survivors are killing women.
![Well-wishers, one with a placard that reads 'How many more?', gather at a vigil in honour of murder victim Sarah Everard, in Clapham, south London, England on March 13, 2021 [Justin Tallis/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/000_94X68F.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Social justice journalist, writer and campaigner
Institutional misogyny, indifference to sexual violence and officers’ contempt for survivors are killing women.
![Well-wishers, one with a placard that reads 'How many more?', gather at a vigil in honour of murder victim Sarah Everard, in Clapham, south London, England on March 13, 2021 [Justin Tallis/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/000_94X68F.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
None of us has the luxury to watch this struggle from afar any more – this is a fight for our lives.
![Floral tributes left at Clapham Common bandstand where people continue to pay their respects to Sarah Everard on March 16, 2021 in London, England. [Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GettyImages-1231748887.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The government has shown time and again that it will not lead that change, so we must.
![Well-wishers turn on their phone torches as they gather at a band-stand where a planned vigil in honour of murder victim Sarah Everard was cancelled after police outlawed it due to COVID-19 restrictions, on Clapham Common, south London on March 13, 2021 [Justin Tallis/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/000_94X4XX.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)