With the slogan ‘De Nacht is also of us’ Women also cycled in Noord -Holland – Amsterdam and Haarlem last Saturday on Sunday – together and with lights a route to draw attention to safety for women.
The reason was, among other things, the murder of 17-year-old Lisa two weeks ago. The girl was by bike on the way from the center of Amsterdam home in Abcoude.
In the provincial capital, hundreds of women and a number of men were on their feet for one of the many actions in the country. And that while this Haarlem branch of the feminist action group Dolle Mina’s was set up a week ago.
“That is a sign that there is a need for it. And you can see that in the turnout today,” a spokesperson from the Grote Markt in Haarlem told our reporter.
Adolescent and provocative
Jacqueline van Kampen now says she has mainly had problems with ‘adolescent and provocative behavior’ of a few during the bike ride. “Men who walked through the bikes, young guests who cried a little and threw plastic cups. Behind the station a few cars drove behind us who rose and pulled away with an emergency, male behind the wheel.”
She was also told through a participant that someone is called ‘I’m going to fuck you’. “But we have no further confirmation of or an idea who it is.”