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This is SO important. Almost every time I talk about how women and girls have to live their daily lives with a threat of sexual violence and how they have been trained since young age to be "prepared" for such risks and preemptively "avoid" threats on a daily basis, men in the group are stunned with disbelief and shock. I do the same thing as in this case - I turn to women and ask: "Do you agree?" Women invariably do, regardless of the country context. As this reality of most women in this world is SO unseen by most men, I try to give very specific examples, e.g. crossing the street "unnecessarily" at the sight of a man/boy (especially a group of men or boys) to avoid walking past them, taking a divergent road when sensing someone following you, having the car keys ready to poke the attacker or to quickly get into the car, having a whistle ready in hand, constantly scanning for danger, bracing against a physical attack, learning to cope with the emotional cost of the constant barage of sexist, mysoginist + racist, orientalist, etc. attacks, often cloaked as joke... Living with the threat of violence is like living with a background program constantly running, draining your energy, using up your memory space, slowing your speed... Many people still assume their experiences describe THE reality. The simple truth is that, most of the time, we actually live in parallel realities even when sharing the same physical or virtual spaces and witnessing the same events, due to our differing locations at the intersections of systemic discrimination and structural inequalities.

There is so much to unpack here: 1. The silence of the men says it all. 2. The awkward silence of the men says it all. 3. All of the men laughed at the idea of using the phone as a weapon. How many of the women laughed? 4. How many of the women resonated with the story of looking/ thinking of anything to defend themselves? 5. How many of the men have felt fear walking home alone? The unawareness of the male counterparts regarding women safety is vast. In fact: 1- One in two women felt unsafe walking alone after dark in a quiet street near their home, compared to one in seven men. 2- One in two women felt unsafe walking alone after dark in a busy public place, compared to one in five men. 3- Four out of five women felt unsafe walking alone after dark in a park or other open space, compared to two out of five men. 4- Two out of three women aged 16 to 34 years experienced one form of harassment in the previous 12 months; with 44% of women aged 16 to 34 years having experienced catcalls, whistles, unwanted sexual comments or jokes, and 29% having felt like they were being followed. 5- Disabled people felt less safe walking alone in all settings than non-disabled people. https://lnkd.in/eX_b2Fxm https://lnkd.in/ekqp7iHJ. #women #womensafety #men #womenhood #mentality #mindset #understanding #empathy #selfdefense #mindset #implicitbias #biases https://lnkd.in/eKTwmbh7

This is SO real and SO important.

Your lived experiences matter. This post below is another example of why I always feel that having “lived experience” is a crucial aspect in conversations, considerations and execution of projects & policies surrounding a particular people group. Be it a particular gender, indigenous community, people of colour, differently abled individuals & so many others - you wouldn’t truly understand their world & challenges unless you have lived their reality, no matter how well intentioned one might be. In the context of filmmaking & storytelling, this is why involving the right people in the creation of stories matter. It not only creates an authentic voice but it ensures the stories are treated with care so that it honours the people & stories that we depict on screen. Diversity & inclusion in storytelling is not just a checkbox. In the right hands, it makes people with the same lived experiences feel seen, less alone & understood. #creatorsmatter #inclusion #diversity #takebackthenarrative

"Spaces like ForWard NEED to exist. Women and men, alike, need to be in rooms like this talking about how to get more women in the rooms where decisions are made." We couldn't agree more, Andrea K. M. Foster ✨ Check out this article from hertelier's #ForWardConf series! https://lnkd.in/ek_C23Sj P.S. You don't have to wait until next year's #ForWardConf to join the movement, consider joining the ForWard Network: https://lnkd.in/e8WPnmkC

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We’re ready to kickoff our National Women’s Enterprise Day for the Midwest region! If you’re joining us today, save this post so you can use it as your agenda. Make sure to use the hashtag #NWED when sharing photos of the event! Will we see you there? #nwed #leo #localenterprise #leotipperary #irishbusiness #businesstips #irishbusinesswomen #irishbusiness

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