“That indicates how important people think there is more awareness for the unsafe feeling in the night for many women,” says Merle Holterkamp of the Dolle Mina’s in Haarlem. At the beginning of this year, the old women’s movement was revived in Amsterdam.
Also come home safely with deep décolleté
The bike ride in Haarlem was preceded by a manifestation on the Grote Markt, under the watchful eye of many entertainment crowds on the terraces. The women and a few men felt supported by songs from Hadewych Minis.
Also encouraging words from alderman Eva De Raadt van Haarlem were gratefully received: “Violence against women has no place in this city. And it doesn’t matter how deep your cleavage is, or what time you cycle home, or you only bike. You have to be able to get home safely.”
After recent events, such as the murder of Lisa in Abcoude, the unrest about violence against women grows. “If we cycle alone at night, we always call each other,” say two girls in the NH report.