This guided walk follows the old Reclaim the Night route to explore issues of male violence against women and girls, and the challenges facing women accessing public space.
The Reclaim the Night movement began in the 1970s and was revived in Bristol in the late 2000s. The movement protested the idea that women should keep themselves safe by remaining indoors – an unofficial curfew put on women’s freedoms.
The walk will start outside the Watershed (1 Canon’s Road, Bristol, BS1 5TX) at the advertised time, before moving to Queens Square, the starting point of 2011’s Reclaim the Night march.
Tour headsets will be available for use, so please arrive in good time so that we can explain how to use them. If possible, please bring your own headphones to use with the headsets.
The walk will last approximately 45 minutes ending at Portland Square, St Pauls, and covering a distance of approximately 1.5 miles. Most of the walk will be on level pavements. We aim to make the tour as accessible as possible, and there will be no stairs or high kerbs on the route. If you have any access requirements please contact us.
The walk will carry on come rain or shine, so please bring the appropriate clothing.
Supported by
Sian Norris is a writer and journalist specialising in reproductive and LGBTIQ rights. She is the European and Social Affairs report for the Byline Times, and her work has been published by openDemocracy 50:50, the Guardian, the i, the New Statesman, politics.co.uk and many more. Her upcoming book, Birth Violence, explores how the Far Right is attacking women’s reproductive rights in Europe. She is also the founder of the Bristol Women’s Literature Festival.
Image credit: David Sturdy
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