After a few years hiatus, Reclaim the Night is back in Liverpool for 2024! In a powerful collaboration, JMSU, Liverpool Guild of Students, and Liverpool Hope SU have joined together to bring this vital event to life. This is a call to action—an opportunity to stand united in demanding an end gender-based violence, to challenge victim-blaming cultures, and to show our leaders that the safety of women matters deeply to both residents and students.
Our campaign sheds light on ongoing issues around safety, visibility, and justice for women and marginalised groups across our city. Together, let’s make Liverpool a place where everyone can feel secure and included. Join us as we reclaim our streets, our nights, and our rights.
Since the 1970s, Reclaim The Night has been a powerful grassroots campaign fighting for women’s safety, equality, and the right to walk freely without fear of violence. Originally sparked in the UK by the Yorkshire Ripper murders and widespread harassment, the movement gave women a unified voice to demand safer streets and greater protection under the law. Today, Reclaim The Night marches are held across cities as a bold stand against gender-based violence and discrimination.
On the streets, women and girls experience misogynistic, gender-based abuse, harassment and unwanted attention from men on a daily basis. 71% of women of all ages have experienced sexual harassment in a public space. 1 in 5 women will experience sexual violence. Women and girls should be free to go about their daily lives without fear of harassment or abuse.
Join us on Friday 29th November, as we come together to reclaim our streets and make our voices heard!
We will walk through Liverpool’s streets to call for an end to sexual violence and to demand a city where all women and marginalised genders can feel safe and empowered.
Contact Alexandria, your Vice President Community & Wellbeing Officer vpcommunity@ljmu.ac.uk
The event will be photographed and filmed, and content will be used to promote the campaign and future marches.
If you prefer that your image or video not be used, please email sumarketing@ljmu.ac.uk with your request and include a photo of yourself for identification purposes.
Face masks will also be available for those who wish to cover their face—please ask a steward if you'd like one.
At both the start and end of the march, you will hear speeches from various speakers. Please be aware that some topics may be distressing for certain individuals. Content warnings for sexual assault, misogyny, transphobia, and racism will be in place.
A transcript of the speeches will soon be available for download on this webpage.
The LJMU Sexual Violence Liaison Advisors (SVLAs) can provide specialist and emotional support to LJMU students who have been impacted in any way by sexual violence. This may be in relation to something that has happened recently, in the past, on or off campus, involving another student or anyone else.
General Advice and Guidance - Telephone: 0151 231 3153 / 3154
Counselling and Wellbeing Services - Telephone: 0151 231 3110 or Email – counselling@ljmu.ac.uk
StreetSafe is a website that allows people to anonymously report streets where they felt unsafe. This includes issues like poorly lit streets, abandoned buildings, or vandalism, as well as instances where you feel unsafe due to someone following or verbally abusing you.
Galop provides advocacy and casework support for LGBT+ people who have experience abuse and violence. Advocates and caseworkers work with clients, based on what each individual person needs. Our advocacy service specialises in supporting LGBT+ victims and survivors of domestic abuse, hate crime, sexual violence, and other forms of abuse.