Reclaim the Night events to be held across region.
Later, a series of public events promoting women’s and girls’ safety will take place around West Yorkshire.
The ‘Reclaim the Night’ events will take place in Leeds, Wakefield, Bradford, Huddersfield, and Halifax throughout the afternoon and evening.
The programme has been scheduled to coincide with the end of British Summer Time (BST) and the clocks turning back, in response to women reporting feeling more frightened as the nights grow darker.
Organisers stated that the objective was to “stand together and say we’ve had enough of fear and silence.”
It follows the success of a Reclaim the Night event in Huddersfield’s Greathead Park last year, which drew over 200 people.
West Yorkshire’s deputy mayor for policing and crime, Alison Lowe, told BBC Radio Leeds earlier this month:
“We really want people to come together to demand safety for all of us, but particularly women and girls who feel unsafe and vulnerable.”
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